The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 66
... virtue of his office as sheriff of the county , confine him for several hours in the stee- ple of the court house in which he resided . It will readily be perceived by those who have lived in the country , and observed the habits ...
... virtue of his office as sheriff of the county , confine him for several hours in the stee- ple of the court house in which he resided . It will readily be perceived by those who have lived in the country , and observed the habits ...
Page 81
... Virtue , from thy glittering sphere ; And mourn , with sad regret o'er Fox's bier ! Thy form seraphic cheer'd his ardent mind ; Thy holy impulse every thought refined . What though in opening dawn , dark Error's sway , At times ...
... Virtue , from thy glittering sphere ; And mourn , with sad regret o'er Fox's bier ! Thy form seraphic cheer'd his ardent mind ; Thy holy impulse every thought refined . What though in opening dawn , dark Error's sway , At times ...
Page 82
... virtue brave , And dared defend the cause , he could not save . Amid the horrors of ill omened power , When leagued oppression ruled the fated hour ; His godlike mind , with ancient truths elate , Remained the pillar of the tarnished ...
... virtue brave , And dared defend the cause , he could not save . Amid the horrors of ill omened power , When leagued oppression ruled the fated hour ; His godlike mind , with ancient truths elate , Remained the pillar of the tarnished ...
Page 89
... more so must it be when dignified by every excellence , and adorned by every virtue ? When the powers of the mind receive a lustre from the qualities VOL . V. N of the heart , when public eminence is harmoniously blended.
... more so must it be when dignified by every excellence , and adorned by every virtue ? When the powers of the mind receive a lustre from the qualities VOL . V. N of the heart , when public eminence is harmoniously blended.
Page 90
... virtues ? — When old age is encircled and exalted by attributes like these , it is of all earthly objects the most ... virtue and piety , it seems to stand on middle ground , and to partake of a middle nature , be- tween human and ...
... virtues ? — When old age is encircled and exalted by attributes like these , it is of all earthly objects the most ... virtue and piety , it seems to stand on middle ground , and to partake of a middle nature , be- tween human and ...
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