The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 2
... sound of that letter as in the first syllable of the words , direct and divide , as by e in the first syllable of detect and deride . But if , impatient of delay , he would urge haste , he will add emphasis to the word directly , by ...
... sound of that letter as in the first syllable of the words , direct and divide , as by e in the first syllable of detect and deride . But if , impatient of delay , he would urge haste , he will add emphasis to the word directly , by ...
Page 4
... sound : and as this signification is opposed to a signifi- cation less forcible , the word may properly be said to be emphatical . This more than ordinary meaning , or a meaning opposed to some other meaning , seems to be the principal ...
... sound : and as this signification is opposed to a signifi- cation less forcible , the word may properly be said to be emphatical . This more than ordinary meaning , or a meaning opposed to some other meaning , seems to be the principal ...
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... sound by emphasis : for though that may be necessary to awa- ken attention and thereby to enforce sentiment , it would be better that such attention should remain asleep , than be awakened by those means which serve to mislead the ...
... sound by emphasis : for though that may be necessary to awa- ken attention and thereby to enforce sentiment , it would be better that such attention should remain asleep , than be awakened by those means which serve to mislead the ...
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... sound maxims , but , called on this occasion into action ; they were con- founded by the contrariety of opinions , and the variety of resolutions that were suggested without being able to form any solid plan . If they proposed any means ...
... sound maxims , but , called on this occasion into action ; they were con- founded by the contrariety of opinions , and the variety of resolutions that were suggested without being able to form any solid plan . If they proposed any means ...
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... sound criticism , and are elegantly ex- pressed . We hope the Editor will speedily redeem the pledge , which he has given to the public , and that he may be induced , by a liberal tronage , to proceed in his design of preserving the ...
... sound criticism , and are elegantly ex- pressed . We hope the Editor will speedily redeem the pledge , which he has given to the public , and that he may be induced , by a liberal tronage , to proceed in his design of preserving the ...
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