The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 79
... received commissions from the then proprietors , to excute the offices of prothonotary , clerk of the sessions ... receiving the honourable reward of his profession- al services . He was a father to those who confided in him however poor ...
... received commissions from the then proprietors , to excute the offices of prothonotary , clerk of the sessions ... receiving the honourable reward of his profession- al services . He was a father to those who confided in him however poor ...
Page 80
... received from him an injury . Those who knew him well will not hesitate to acknowledge the correctness of this brief eulogium on departed worth . To his family his loss is irreparable — as a husband and a father , he was af- fectionate ...
... received from him an injury . Those who knew him well will not hesitate to acknowledge the correctness of this brief eulogium on departed worth . To his family his loss is irreparable — as a husband and a father , he was af- fectionate ...
Page 85
... writer , whose rhetorical skill entitles his opinions to be received as the gospel of oratory . Accent is subject to the caprice of fashion . Ancient. TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . 85 tity, ment 89-180 Lecture on Quan-
... writer , whose rhetorical skill entitles his opinions to be received as the gospel of oratory . Accent is subject to the caprice of fashion . Ancient. TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . 85 tity, ment 89-180 Lecture on Quan-
Page 97
... receiving those parchment honours which are to certify the success of my studies , and prove to a believing world , that my labour hath not been in vain . But I have been informed , that before my temples can be crowned with literary ...
... receiving those parchment honours which are to certify the success of my studies , and prove to a believing world , that my labour hath not been in vain . But I have been informed , that before my temples can be crowned with literary ...
Page 106
... received at the time , but has be . able ambition I mean the strong desire to be useful , aided by the wish to be come permanently , and in the best sense of the word , popular . By honour . As I feel myself actuated in no generally ...
... received at the time , but has be . able ambition I mean the strong desire to be useful , aided by the wish to be come permanently , and in the best sense of the word , popular . By honour . As I feel myself actuated in no generally ...
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