The Port Folio, Volume 3Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... frequently , a just representation of human nature ; while that of the French , in very superior lan- guage , with more attention to inculcate decency , and with drollery and wit , gives but an inaccurate view of society , and such ...
... frequently , a just representation of human nature ; while that of the French , in very superior lan- guage , with more attention to inculcate decency , and with drollery and wit , gives but an inaccurate view of society , and such ...
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... frequently acted as his amanuensis , leaving the estate to go as it had been willed , determined to avail himself of the facility with which he could counterfeit his late employer's signature , in a way more safe , and of equal ...
... frequently acted as his amanuensis , leaving the estate to go as it had been willed , determined to avail himself of the facility with which he could counterfeit his late employer's signature , in a way more safe , and of equal ...
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... frequent subject of conversation . The idea of six hundred or more men , in complete possession of their personal liberty , threatened with a destruction of the most horrible nature , with an attack by which their wives and children ...
... frequent subject of conversation . The idea of six hundred or more men , in complete possession of their personal liberty , threatened with a destruction of the most horrible nature , with an attack by which their wives and children ...
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... frequently addressed you . The appear- ance of political affairs has seemed lately to indicate some horrible event , and our time has been so miserably spent under melancholy an- ticipations , that we have occasion to rejoice at our ...
... frequently addressed you . The appear- ance of political affairs has seemed lately to indicate some horrible event , and our time has been so miserably spent under melancholy an- ticipations , that we have occasion to rejoice at our ...
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... frequent and a necessary duty . If you and your husband take a journey of pleasure , never disagree about which road you are to take , or which place to look at . Remem- ber you are partners and must not have separate views . No man can ...
... frequent and a necessary duty . If you and your husband take a journey of pleasure , never disagree about which road you are to take , or which place to look at . Remem- ber you are partners and must not have separate views . No man can ...
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Page 204 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 387 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung, Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young: The jolly god in triumph comes!
Page 396 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 201 - And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter ; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out. and wept bitterly.
Page 390 - HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy...
Page 388 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...
Page 193 - Of all their regions; powers which only the control of Omnipotence restrains from laying creation waste, and filling the vast expanse of space with ruin and confusion. To display the motives and actions of beings thus superior, so far as human reason can examine them, or human imagination represent them, is the task which this mighty poet has undertaken and performed.
Page 341 - O'er many a distant foreign land ; Each place, each province I have tried, And sung and danced my saraband. But all their charms could not prevail To steal my heart from yonder vale.
Page 388 - Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And...
Page 203 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...