The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 63
... speak in behalf of him who had sent him . Never have I seen a more touch- ing pathetic figure than this good man . He seemed past sixty -his figure tall yet bending - his face mild , pale , and highly intellectual and over his forehead ...
... speak in behalf of him who had sent him . Never have I seen a more touch- ing pathetic figure than this good man . He seemed past sixty -his figure tall yet bending - his face mild , pale , and highly intellectual and over his forehead ...
Page 73
... speaking of the stranger ; the new - comer states what has just happened . At the name of Estè every body was asto- nished they endeavour to find out who it can be , and at last , af- ter consulting the court Almanack , it is decided ...
... speaking of the stranger ; the new - comer states what has just happened . At the name of Estè every body was asto- nished they endeavour to find out who it can be , and at last , af- ter consulting the court Almanack , it is decided ...
Page 107
... 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 with a philosophic eye , and was ...
... 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 with a philosophic eye , and was ...
Page 112
... speaking , I know not that I can give it more effectu- ally , within the remaining portion of time allotted for this lec- ture , than by reciting to you the addresses of Norval , Sem- pronius , and Mark Antony , together with the ...
... speaking , I know not that I can give it more effectu- ally , within the remaining portion of time allotted for this lec- ture , than by reciting to you the addresses of Norval , Sem- pronius , and Mark Antony , together with the ...
Page 114
... 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 presence ; but , with an eye keenly and steadily " bent upon vacancy , " the same ...
... 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 presence ; but , with an eye keenly and steadily " bent upon vacancy , " the same ...
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