The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 22
... oration , is that part of it in which we should inform our audience of the nature of the subject we mean to offer to their attention , and 22 RHETORIC . Abercrombie's Lecture on the constitu- ent parts of a regular discourse,
... oration , is that part of it in which we should inform our audience of the nature of the subject we mean to offer to their attention , and 22 RHETORIC . Abercrombie's Lecture on the constitu- ent parts of a regular discourse,
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subject we mean to offer to their attention , and endeavour to conciliate their favour , by mentioning any recommendatory cir- cumstances by which it is rendered peculiarly interesting ; and at the same time to deprecate their censure ...
subject we mean to offer to their attention , and endeavour to conciliate their favour , by mentioning any recommendatory cir- cumstances by which it is rendered peculiarly interesting ; and at the same time to deprecate their censure ...
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... means you well . " The whale fishery , upon which Nantucket depends , and which gives a peculiar character to its inhabitants , who are reckoned the most expert whalers in the world , is said to have been first attempted , about the ...
... means you well . " The whale fishery , upon which Nantucket depends , and which gives a peculiar character to its inhabitants , who are reckoned the most expert whalers in the world , is said to have been first attempted , about the ...
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... mean the Spencer , which is now so completely exploded , that I believe there are but two or three in the city , one of which I still venture to wear . The advantages of this now antiquated vestment , are by no means inconsiderable ...
... mean the Spencer , which is now so completely exploded , that I believe there are but two or three in the city , one of which I still venture to wear . The advantages of this now antiquated vestment , are by no means inconsiderable ...
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... means to go and hang himself . In short , every where his hopes were disappointed , his feelings insulted , and his perseverance was exercised in vain ; for at the end of two years , during which time he supported himself by working in ...
... means to go and hang himself . In short , every where his hopes were disappointed , his feelings insulted , and his perseverance was exercised in vain ; for at the end of two years , during which time he supported himself by working in ...
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