The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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The principal circumstance , " says he , " that distinguishes emphatical words from others , seems to be a meaning which points out , or distinguishes something as distinct or opposite to some other thing . When this opposition is ...
The principal circumstance , " says he , " that distinguishes emphatical words from others , seems to be a meaning which points out , or distinguishes something as distinct or opposite to some other thing . When this opposition is ...
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In another part was the dogmatic philosophers , who gave their opinions as decisive , pronouncing some things good , others bad . They lived in continual inquietude ; avoiding this and seeking that ; more deserving of applause ...
In another part was the dogmatic philosophers , who gave their opinions as decisive , pronouncing some things good , others bad . They lived in continual inquietude ; avoiding this and seeking that ; more deserving of applause ...
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Composing himself , he replied , there are so many things in this republic that would provoke the most saturnine to laughter , that this curiosity can be excused only in a stranger . I will satisfy it by representing the general causes ...
Composing himself , he replied , there are so many things in this republic that would provoke the most saturnine to laughter , that this curiosity can be excused only in a stranger . I will satisfy it by representing the general causes ...
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I cannot forbear laughing when I see the vainglory of those celebrated for their learning in this republic ; they strut about boasting of their knowledge in external things , while they know nothing of themselves , their souls being ...
I cannot forbear laughing when I see the vainglory of those celebrated for their learning in this republic ; they strut about boasting of their knowledge in external things , while they know nothing of themselves , their souls being ...
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... those who write were present at the occurrences they state , or if present they could not see every thing themselves ; nor were they called to the councils of princes and informed of the public and private motives of their actions .
... those who write were present at the occurrences they state , or if present they could not see every thing themselves ; nor were they called to the councils of princes and informed of the public and private motives of their actions .
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| Title | The Port Folio, Volume 2 Volumes 40-42; Volumes 220-227 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 |
| Contributors | Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins, John Elihu Hall |
| Publisher | Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 Apr 2019 |
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