The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... gag from his mouth , refuted the charges with so much pride , and treated the poets so contemptuously , that , irritated beyond measure at being thus publicly insulted , they threw themselves upon him with rage , acting at once the ...
... gag from his mouth , refuted the charges with so much pride , and treated the poets so contemptuously , that , irritated beyond measure at being thus publicly insulted , they threw themselves upon him with rage , acting at once the ...
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1 1 To the work is prefixed an introduction , written with uncommon propriety of thought , and felicity of expression , which , at the same time , evinces such unaffected diffidence of his abilities , that we were at once charmed and ...
1 1 To the work is prefixed an introduction , written with uncommon propriety of thought , and felicity of expression , which , at the same time , evinces such unaffected diffidence of his abilities , that we were at once charmed and ...
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UNLIKE the generality of travellers , who endeavour to entertain their correspondents with circumstantial details of their adventures from the moment they embark upon their voyage , I have in my two first letters entered at once into ...
UNLIKE the generality of travellers , who endeavour to entertain their correspondents with circumstantial details of their adventures from the moment they embark upon their voyage , I have in my two first letters entered at once into ...
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Cape François was once a city of much magnificence and splendor , and perhaps the richest of all the West Indies . Two conflagrations have now reduced it to a desolate situation , but the vestiges of its former grandeur , are still in ...
Cape François was once a city of much magnificence and splendor , and perhaps the richest of all the West Indies . Two conflagrations have now reduced it to a desolate situation , but the vestiges of its former grandeur , are still in ...
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The matin service , at which I have more than once attended as a visitor , is performed very early every morning . The church is crowded with devotees , kneeling , and to every appearance perfectly sincere in their religious exercises .
The matin service , at which I have more than once attended as a visitor , is performed very early every morning . The church is crowded with devotees , kneeling , and to every appearance perfectly sincere in their religious exercises .
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| Title | The Port Folio, Volume 2 Volumes 40-42; Volumes 220-227 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 |
| Contributors | Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins, John Elihu Hall |
| Publisher | Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 Apr 2019 |
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