The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 11
... true wisdom an action which might cure many of presumption and igno- rance . By the side of a fountain , Socrates , Plato , Clitomachus , Carneades , and many other academic philosophers , were seated , always doubting , never affirming ...
... true wisdom an action which might cure many of presumption and igno- rance . By the side of a fountain , Socrates , Plato , Clitomachus , Carneades , and many other academic philosophers , were seated , always doubting , never affirming ...
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... true but what comes from the lips or pens of these people ; who , on the faith of this credulity , and thinking to imitate the supreme artificer , have imagined frightful creations and monstrous births never contemplated by Nature ...
... true but what comes from the lips or pens of these people ; who , on the faith of this credulity , and thinking to imitate the supreme artificer , have imagined frightful creations and monstrous births never contemplated by Nature ...
Page 17
... true moral and natural philosophy , considering them as the best and most secure masters . And is this , O Democritus , an object to excite laughter rather than lamentation ? This reprimand , accompanied by a flood of tears , was not ...
... true moral and natural philosophy , considering them as the best and most secure masters . And is this , O Democritus , an object to excite laughter rather than lamentation ? This reprimand , accompanied by a flood of tears , was not ...
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... true genius will tri- umph though controlled in its direction , and contradict the belief that the productions of fancy must be spontaneous to be excellent . Like all others who had an opportunity to form an opinion , the Queen had been ...
... true genius will tri- umph though controlled in its direction , and contradict the belief that the productions of fancy must be spontaneous to be excellent . Like all others who had an opportunity to form an opinion , the Queen had been ...
Page 27
... true spirit of gallantry and devotion . These effusions contain three essential requisites for a billet doux , and therefore may be considered admirable of their kind . In the first place , they are absolute nonsense ; secondly , they ...
... true spirit of gallantry and devotion . These effusions contain three essential requisites for a billet doux , and therefore may be considered admirable of their kind . In the first place , they are absolute nonsense ; secondly , they ...
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