The Port Folio, Volume 6Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... soul , she obeyed the dictates of nature . Tenderness , and the transports of love , she painted in glowing , but natural colours , for she felt their influence ; but envy that " worst of poisons , which ever finds a ready entrance to ...
... soul , she obeyed the dictates of nature . Tenderness , and the transports of love , she painted in glowing , but natural colours , for she felt their influence ; but envy that " worst of poisons , which ever finds a ready entrance to ...
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... soul disdain'd , Oh ! Chatterton , the pride of British song , By one rash act , an early death obtain'd , Fled from a guilty world , all conscious of thy wrong . 4 . The sun's last ray proclaim'd the approach of ORLANDO . 11.
... soul disdain'd , Oh ! Chatterton , the pride of British song , By one rash act , an early death obtain'd , Fled from a guilty world , all conscious of thy wrong . 4 . The sun's last ray proclaim'd the approach of ORLANDO . 11.
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... soul , animates the sprightliness of the fancy and the understanding , and clothes our ideas with its own gloss and colouring . A considerable and very grateful glow of warmth is percep tible over every part of the animal frame , after ...
... soul , animates the sprightliness of the fancy and the understanding , and clothes our ideas with its own gloss and colouring . A considerable and very grateful glow of warmth is percep tible over every part of the animal frame , after ...
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... , he reprobates the thought that such an example should prove a precedent for her . Sooner would he renounce the art to which his soul is so passionately devoted , than to behold the arts combining to 52 SHEE'S RHYMES ON ART .
... , he reprobates the thought that such an example should prove a precedent for her . Sooner would he renounce the art to which his soul is so passionately devoted , than to behold the arts combining to 52 SHEE'S RHYMES ON ART .
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... soul . Spots of land which possess the most desolate appearance , when they experience the care of the discerning gardener , are soon clothed with all the luxu- riance of vegetation ; so the darkest subjects when illuminated by the ...
... soul . Spots of land which possess the most desolate appearance , when they experience the care of the discerning gardener , are soon clothed with all the luxu- riance of vegetation ; so the darkest subjects when illuminated by the ...
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Page 490 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 199 - Nature bless the inhabitants of this place with all the necessaries, conveniences and comforts of life ; assist in the erection and completion of this...
Page 279 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Page 279 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Page 88 - She should have died hereafter ; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Page 83 - But I. that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I, that am rudely stamp'd, and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph...
Page 282 - ... that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God...
Page 91 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 612 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either: black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 238 - The husband also, by the old law, might give his wife moderate correction. For, as he is to answer for her misbehaviour, the law thought it reasonable to intrust him with this power of restraining her, by domestic chastisement, in the same moderation that a man is allowed to correct his apprentices or children; for whom the master or parent is also liable in some cases to answer.