The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 12
... verse of Persius : Nil te quaesiveris extra . In which the philosopher showed his contempt of ambition , and the superficial judgments of the envious , satisfied with the applause of his own conscience , always calm and always intent on ...
... verse of Persius : Nil te quaesiveris extra . In which the philosopher showed his contempt of ambition , and the superficial judgments of the envious , satisfied with the applause of his own conscience , always calm and always intent on ...
Page 14
... verse , and that in verse the Goths recorded their actions . It is a dangerous art , inimical to truth , supporting herself by feign- ing and imitation , and rendering the gods accomplices of her crimes ; to excuse her own ...
... verse , and that in verse the Goths recorded their actions . It is a dangerous art , inimical to truth , supporting herself by feign- ing and imitation , and rendering the gods accomplices of her crimes ; to excuse her own ...
Page 18
... verses , had forgot to sew and spin , and ne- glected the duties of her sex , in which women ought to seek their glo- ry , instead of applying to studies which distract their souls and fill theim with vanity and the rage of disputing ...
... verses , had forgot to sew and spin , and ne- glected the duties of her sex , in which women ought to seek their glo- ry , instead of applying to studies which distract their souls and fill theim with vanity and the rage of disputing ...
Page 58
... verse was familiar to the ear , and though his rhymes were fre- quent even to satiety , he seems to have avoided the awkwardness of novelty , and the difficulty of unpracticed metres . Donne had not music enough to render his broken ...
... verse was familiar to the ear , and though his rhymes were fre- quent even to satiety , he seems to have avoided the awkwardness of novelty , and the difficulty of unpracticed metres . Donne had not music enough to render his broken ...
Page 59
... verse , which Mr. Southey has pro- mulgated in his Thalaba , was neither adopted rashly nor from any vain emulation of originality . As the poet himself happily observes , " It is the arabesque ornament of an Arabian tale . " No one ...
... verse , which Mr. Southey has pro- mulgated in his Thalaba , was neither adopted rashly nor from any vain emulation of originality . As the poet himself happily observes , " It is the arabesque ornament of an Arabian tale . " No one ...
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