The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 103
... excellent pamphlets . He died in 1761 , leaving his only son , then eleven years old , under the care of the executors of his will , the Rev. Dr. Dampier , then under master of Eton - school , and Mr. Garrick . Mr. Windham was born at ...
... excellent pamphlets . He died in 1761 , leaving his only son , then eleven years old , under the care of the executors of his will , the Rev. Dr. Dampier , then under master of Eton - school , and Mr. Garrick . Mr. Windham was born at ...
Page 105
... excellent sense , and those honourable sentiments , which af- terwards uniformly regulated his conduct . In 1782 he came into parliament , where he sat for twenty - eight years , at first for Nor- wich , and afterwards for various ...
... excellent sense , and those honourable sentiments , which af- terwards uniformly regulated his conduct . In 1782 he came into parliament , where he sat for twenty - eight years , at first for Nor- wich , and afterwards for various ...
Page 106
... student , and was an excellent Greek and Latin scholar . , In his Patter years , like Burke and Johnson , he was an excursive reader , but gathered a great variety of knowledge from different books 106 LIFE OF MR . WINDHAM .
... student , and was an excellent Greek and Latin scholar . , In his Patter years , like Burke and Johnson , he was an excursive reader , but gathered a great variety of knowledge from different books 106 LIFE OF MR . WINDHAM .
Page 134
... excellent educations . But in some accomplish- ments they are by no means deficient . They sing with elegance and melody , play on the guitar with judgment , and dance with gracefulness . Of these fashionable amusements they are ex ...
... excellent educations . But in some accomplish- ments they are by no means deficient . They sing with elegance and melody , play on the guitar with judgment , and dance with gracefulness . Of these fashionable amusements they are ex ...
Page 192
... excellent discourse delivered by Mr. Hopkinson before the Aca- demy of Fine Arts , and most heartily do I subscribe to his sen- timents with regard to the importance of such institutions to our rising country , and the necessity of ...
... excellent discourse delivered by Mr. Hopkinson before the Aca- demy of Fine Arts , and most heartily do I subscribe to his sen- timents with regard to the importance of such institutions to our rising country , and the necessity of ...
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