The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 38
... scene of small trade is carried on . Many thousands of people attend this market , abound- ing in all the delicate and luxurious productions , which any of the An- tiles are capable of furnishing . The peasants bring in the produce of ...
... scene of small trade is carried on . Many thousands of people attend this market , abound- ing in all the delicate and luxurious productions , which any of the An- tiles are capable of furnishing . The peasants bring in the produce of ...
Page 59
... scenes of life , as if he were a mere spectator , uninfluenced by his own connexion with the objects he surveys . To this faculty of bold discrimination , I attribute many of Mr. Southey's peculiarities as a poet . He never seems to ...
... scenes of life , as if he were a mere spectator , uninfluenced by his own connexion with the objects he surveys . To this faculty of bold discrimination , I attribute many of Mr. Southey's peculiarities as a poet . He never seems to ...
Page 64
... scenes of tumult and violence , prevail over his resolutions , and render his conduct weak and indecisive . His sensibility is carried to a dangerous and faulty excess , and his indecision is fatal to every plan which he adopts . To ...
... scenes of tumult and violence , prevail over his resolutions , and render his conduct weak and indecisive . His sensibility is carried to a dangerous and faulty excess , and his indecision is fatal to every plan which he adopts . To ...
Page 65
... scene , in which he found nothing worthy of his attention , and to seek a re- fuge from his misfortunes by ceasing to be . But the dread of an un- known futurity forbids such a relief , and throws him back upon the world " to bear those ...
... scene , in which he found nothing worthy of his attention , and to seek a re- fuge from his misfortunes by ceasing to be . But the dread of an un- known futurity forbids such a relief , and throws him back upon the world " to bear those ...
Page 72
... scene , High from his zenith , midst the bursting roar , Dropt at our feet , and flutter'd in his gore ; 66 Thus falls , " said Duncan , " many a son of pride , " While buoy'd in thought o'er all the world beside . " From these dull ...
... scene , High from his zenith , midst the bursting roar , Dropt at our feet , and flutter'd in his gore ; 66 Thus falls , " said Duncan , " many a son of pride , " While buoy'd in thought o'er all the world beside . " From these dull ...
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