The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... that it belonged to God , in whom alone existed true wisdom an action which might cure many of presumption and ignorance . By the side of a fountain , Socrates , Plato , Clitomachus , Carneades , and many other academic philosophers ...
... that it belonged to God , in whom alone existed true wisdom an action which might cure many of presumption and ignorance . By the side of a fountain , Socrates , Plato , Clitomachus , Carneades , and many other academic philosophers ...
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For to oppose them , or weep over evils which it is impossible to remedy , would be idle ; and even amid my regrets , I cannot forbear laughing at the folly of those who think nothing true but what comes from the lips or pens of these ...
For to oppose them , or weep over evils which it is impossible to remedy , would be idle ; and even amid my regrets , I cannot forbear laughing at the folly of those who think nothing true but what comes from the lips or pens of these ...
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Heraclitus perceiving him continued his discourse , saying , this is the slave Esop , who having induced these animals to speak , teaches by their means the true moral and natural philosophy , considering them as the best and most ...
Heraclitus perceiving him continued his discourse , saying , this is the slave Esop , who having induced these animals to speak , teaches by their means the true moral and natural philosophy , considering them as the best and most ...
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If so , it proves that true genius will triumph 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 ...
If so , it proves that true genius will triumph 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 ...
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The courtship commences very properly by letter , and Sir John addresses a counterpart to each lady in the true spirit of gallantry and devotion . * These effusions contain three essential requisites for a billet doux , and therefore ...
The courtship commences very properly by letter , and Sir John addresses a counterpart to each lady in the true spirit of gallantry and devotion . * These effusions contain three essential requisites for a billet doux , and therefore ...
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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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