The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 25
... tion always followed his design . The play too bears with it those cha- racteristicks of genuine humour which never could have been produ- ced by laborious exertions , and which would have been destroyed by any efforts of correction or ...
... tion always followed his design . The play too bears with it those cha- racteristicks of genuine humour which never could have been produ- ced by laborious exertions , and which would have been destroyed by any efforts of correction or ...
Page 27
... tion , and he pretends to feel a desire for their persons .. Whatever might have been the disposition of these Merry Wives to admit a sub rosa admirer , they were too prudent , and perhaps too virtuous , to yield to the feeble ...
... tion , and he pretends to feel a desire for their persons .. Whatever might have been the disposition of these Merry Wives to admit a sub rosa admirer , they were too prudent , and perhaps too virtuous , to yield to the feeble ...
Page 31
... tion of dates , —such opposite accounts of the same events , -such idle and incessant repetitions , that no mortal can extricate himself from qut the chaos . After a week's study a man may safely conclude that a certain battle has been ...
... tion of dates , —such opposite accounts of the same events , -such idle and incessant repetitions , that no mortal can extricate himself from qut the chaos . After a week's study a man may safely conclude that a certain battle has been ...
Page 38
... tion to this , the stores and shops , of which all the houses surrounding this area consist , are opened , and the most lively scene of small trade is carried on . Many thousands of people attend this market , abound- ing in all the ...
... tion to this , the stores and shops , of which all the houses surrounding this area consist , are opened , and the most lively scene of small trade is carried on . Many thousands of people attend this market , abound- ing in all the ...
Page 41
... tion of the deaf and dumb , whom you must hereafter permit me to call the Sourd - muets : I do not like a mixture of the two languages , but the . French appellation in this instance is certainly the most convenient . I perceived by the ...
... tion of the deaf and dumb , whom you must hereafter permit me to call the Sourd - muets : I do not like a mixture of the two languages , but the . French appellation in this instance is certainly the most convenient . I perceived by the ...
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