The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... and scarcely give the sense of the author : for the import plainly is , that a lively imagination , not merely absent from beautiful scenes , but even in a dungeon , can form scenes more beautiful than any in nature .
... and scarcely give the sense of the author : for the import plainly is , that a lively imagination , not merely absent from beautiful scenes , but even in a dungeon , can form scenes more beautiful than any in nature .
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... and the world , his abode , a scene constantly shifting , a field of battle , a tragic theatre ! and thus neither in it nor in man can he find felicity , but must seek it in another place and among other beings .
... and the world , his abode , a scene constantly shifting , a field of battle , a tragic theatre ! and thus neither in it nor in man can he find felicity , but must seek it in another place and among other beings .
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Since , then , it could not be fully effected , his object was to comply with the wishes of his patroness as nearly and after enlivening the scenes of the two Henrys , and surpassing in interest even Hotspur and the Prince of Wales ...
Since , then , it could not be fully effected , his object was to comply with the wishes of his patroness as nearly and after enlivening the scenes of the two Henrys , and surpassing in interest even Hotspur and the Prince of Wales ...
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And what objects are more sublime , more interesting to the rational inquirer , than the successive scenes of this ... The scene cannot be so remote but we have an eye to it ; and Napoleon the emperor , and Charles the archduke are ...
And what objects are more sublime , more interesting to the rational inquirer , than the successive scenes of this ... The scene cannot be so remote but we have an eye to it ; and Napoleon the emperor , and Charles the archduke are ...
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As we passed through the town , my attention was busily engaged in contemplating the surrounding scene . Being a little after midday , when the powerful rays of the sun were scorching the very streets , scarcely a human being was to be ...
As we passed through the town , my attention was busily engaged in contemplating the surrounding scene . Being a little after midday , when the powerful rays of the sun were scorching the very streets , scarcely a human being was to be ...
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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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