The Port FolioJoseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1820 |
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... less indebted for the songs of olden time , * Instead of inserting a laboured defence of Homer in this place , I thought the reader might be more pleased with the opinion of an older au- thor . This last passage , therefore , is taken ...
... less indebted for the songs of olden time , * Instead of inserting a laboured defence of Homer in this place , I thought the reader might be more pleased with the opinion of an older au- thor . This last passage , therefore , is taken ...
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... less apt to love than we are - but frequent disappointments have taught them more prudence than we possess . And it is necessa- ry that they should preserve this cautious disposition . Their hearts are cast in a finer mould , and a ...
... less apt to love than we are - but frequent disappointments have taught them more prudence than we possess . And it is necessa- ry that they should preserve this cautious disposition . Their hearts are cast in a finer mould , and a ...
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... less than the wealthy , may be desirous of purchasing a work , which many will never see , on account of the uncommon price . We wish a distinction could be made among purchasers . Let the publisher receive from poets and critics ten ...
... less than the wealthy , may be desirous of purchasing a work , which many will never see , on account of the uncommon price . We wish a distinction could be made among purchasers . Let the publisher receive from poets and critics ten ...
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... less profusion once was spread Oil on the Jewish monarch's head That down his beard and vestiments ran , And covered all his outward man . Not blest with man less ceremonious , The wide mouthed whale that swallowed Jonas ; Like ...
... less profusion once was spread Oil on the Jewish monarch's head That down his beard and vestiments ran , And covered all his outward man . Not blest with man less ceremonious , The wide mouthed whale that swallowed Jonas ; Like ...
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... less art is displayed than in unfolding that of the emperor himself . Along with many bad qualities , this Sejanus had possessed the most wonderful ad- dress . While the other subjects of Tiberius dreaded the violence and the caprice of ...
... less art is displayed than in unfolding that of the emperor himself . Along with many bad qualities , this Sejanus had possessed the most wonderful ad- dress . While the other subjects of Tiberius dreaded the violence and the caprice of ...
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Sida 104 - Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Sida 451 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Sida 104 - Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
Sida 106 - When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room...
Sida 398 - I consider woman as a beautiful romantic animal, that may be adorned with furs and feathers, pearls and diamonds, ores and silks. The lynx shall cast its skin at her feet to make her a tippet; the peacock, parrot, and swan, shall pay contributions to her muff; the sea shall be searched for shells, and the rocks for gems; and every part of nature furnish out its share towards the embellishment of a creature that is the most consummate work of it.
Sida 106 - But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Sida 19 - WHEN THE ASSAULT WAS INTENDED TO THE CITY. CAPTAIN or colonel, or knight in arms, Whose chance on these defenceless doors may seize, If deed of honour did thee ever please, Guard them, and him within protect from harms. He can requite thee, for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses...
Sida 450 - ... tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only Merit constant pay receives, Is...
Sida 103 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Sida 108 - There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.