The Port Folio, Volumes 1-2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1806 |
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... language , by causing the public acts to be writ- ten in Latin , in which they remained till the time of Francis I. If we cast our eyes on the neighbouring nations , we see them , during nearly six hun- dred years , buried in the shades ...
... language , by causing the public acts to be writ- ten in Latin , in which they remained till the time of Francis I. If we cast our eyes on the neighbouring nations , we see them , during nearly six hun- dred years , buried in the shades ...
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... language all the grace and all the force of which it appears to be susceptible . This was the era when that supple and flexible language took all tones , and acquired , in each department of letters , its pretensions to the admi- ration ...
... language all the grace and all the force of which it appears to be susceptible . This was the era when that supple and flexible language took all tones , and acquired , in each department of letters , its pretensions to the admi- ration ...
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... language now began to grow pure ; it acquired harmony in the prose of Balzac , and in the verse of Malherbe ; but Balzac , less occu- pied with things than with words , fell into neglect as soon as he ceased to be useful ; while ...
... language now began to grow pure ; it acquired harmony in the prose of Balzac , and in the verse of Malherbe ; but Balzac , less occu- pied with things than with words , fell into neglect as soon as he ceased to be useful ; while ...
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... languages ; history , the elements of natural philosophy , arithmetic , practical geometry ; be- sides writing , drawing ... language spoken at the Academy . Careful to cherish a warm sense of piety , combined with the funda- mental ...
... languages ; history , the elements of natural philosophy , arithmetic , practical geometry ; be- sides writing , drawing ... language spoken at the Academy . Careful to cherish a warm sense of piety , combined with the funda- mental ...
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... language of nature ; and we scarcely ever find a performer who pays a pro- per attention to it . Provided he remem- ber his cue , and stand not in need of the prompter's aid , he conceives he has done his duty to the manager and the ...
... language of nature ; and we scarcely ever find a performer who pays a pro- per attention to it . Provided he remem- ber his cue , and stand not in need of the prompter's aid , he conceives he has done his duty to the manager and the ...
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