The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 107
... language , both in writing and speaking , was always simple , and he was extremely fond of idio- matic phrases , which he thought greatly contributed to pre- serve the purity of our language . He surveyed every subject of importance ...
... language , both in writing and speaking , was always simple , and he was extremely fond of idio- matic phrases , which he thought greatly contributed to pre- serve the purity of our language . He surveyed every subject of importance ...
Page 110
... language of the vulgar in similar siuations . With the most kind and anxious tenderness he had taken care that Mrs. Windham , who was in the country at this time , 1 should not have the slightest suspicion of . what 110 LIFE OF MR ...
... language of the vulgar in similar siuations . With the most kind and anxious tenderness he had taken care that Mrs. Windham , who was in the country at this time , 1 should not have the slightest suspicion of . what 110 LIFE OF MR ...
Page 113
... language . It is , in the first place , a highly finished effusion of elo- quence , which , under the mask of simplicity , and a wish to pre- serve order and public tranquillity , most artfully conveys the most powerful persuasion to ...
... language . It is , in the first place , a highly finished effusion of elo- quence , which , under the mask of simplicity , and a wish to pre- serve order and public tranquillity , most artfully conveys the most powerful persuasion to ...
Page 114
... language of a man talking to himself , supposed to be unseen and unheard , yet speaking in such a manner as to be heard by the whole audience , and that , without in any degree regarding them , or appearing to be conscious of their ...
... language of a man talking to himself , supposed to be unseen and unheard , yet speaking in such a manner as to be heard by the whole audience , and that , without in any degree regarding them , or appearing to be conscious of their ...
Page 115
... language ) to extirpate this Hyder Ali . They declared the nabob of Arcot to be his sovereign , and himself to be a rebel , and publicly invested their instrument with the so- vereignty of the kingdom of Mysore . But their victim was ...
... language ) to extirpate this Hyder Ali . They declared the nabob of Arcot to be his sovereign , and himself to be a rebel , and publicly invested their instrument with the so- vereignty of the kingdom of Mysore . But their victim was ...
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