The Port Folio, Volumes 1-2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1806 |
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Page 10
... whole space . They are so large , so protuberant , and so pro- digious in their proportions , that one is perplexed to see them where they are . Mr. Gibbon's face would be easily described , were we to speak the truth , and without ...
... whole space . They are so large , so protuberant , and so pro- digious in their proportions , that one is perplexed to see them where they are . Mr. Gibbon's face would be easily described , were we to speak the truth , and without ...
Page 33
... whole alcoves in the library were devoted to pamphlets and tracts in the Indian tongue . To these I con- fined myself . With these I used to stray to the banks of the river , or to the bounds of the pasture , and amused my- self ...
... whole alcoves in the library were devoted to pamphlets and tracts in the Indian tongue . To these I con- fined myself . With these I used to stray to the banks of the river , or to the bounds of the pasture , and amused my- self ...
Page 41
... whole performance , in fact , re - foot being esteemed a beauty , accord- is construed by many as exiguâ ; a small sembled perfectly a cloudy April day , illumined at intervals by the beams of a discourse from the most eloquent preacher ...
... whole performance , in fact , re - foot being esteemed a beauty , accord- is construed by many as exiguâ ; a small sembled perfectly a cloudy April day , illumined at intervals by the beams of a discourse from the most eloquent preacher ...
Page 42
... whole orchestra , seemed to indicate the dissolution of nature , and the com- mencement of chaos . Suddenly , soft melodious strains announced the com- ing of the Saviour . He appears , and in recitative addresses the elect , whilst the ...
... whole orchestra , seemed to indicate the dissolution of nature , and the com- mencement of chaos . Suddenly , soft melodious strains announced the com- ing of the Saviour . He appears , and in recitative addresses the elect , whilst the ...
Page 51
... whole question . Shall we moderate all our desires , and control all our conduct , by a conscientious regard to the interests of others , or shall we pursue a pitiless career , treading upon this , justling that , overturning a third ...
... whole question . Shall we moderate all our desires , and control all our conduct , by a conscientious regard to the interests of others , or shall we pursue a pitiless career , treading upon this , justling that , overturning a third ...
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