The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 88
... Sir Charles Lucas , his departed friend , immediately presented himself to the soldiers , who were ready for his execution . Thinking that they stood at too great a distance , he desired them to come nearer : one of them said , . " I ...
... Sir Charles Lucas , his departed friend , immediately presented himself to the soldiers , who were ready for his execution . Thinking that they stood at too great a distance , he desired them to come nearer : one of them said , . " I ...
Page 239
... Charles James Fox , and we now insert , as no unfit com- panion to it , a portraiture of Edmund Burke executed ' with equal ability . These two productions have been ascribed , on what authority we do not know , to the celebrated Sir ...
... Charles James Fox , and we now insert , as no unfit com- panion to it , a portraiture of Edmund Burke executed ' with equal ability . These two productions have been ascribed , on what authority we do not know , to the celebrated Sir ...
Page 269
... Sir Charles Grandi- son is less agreeable than Tom Jones ; but it is more agreeable than Sherlock and Tillotson , and teaches morality and religion to many who would not seek it in these professional writers . But making every allowance ...
... Sir Charles Grandi- son is less agreeable than Tom Jones ; but it is more agreeable than Sherlock and Tillotson , and teaches morality and religion to many who would not seek it in these professional writers . But making every allowance ...
Page 421
... Sir Christopher and Quiz , in a professor's gown . Sir CH . And so , friend Blackletter , you are just come from college . QUIZ . Yes , Sir . Sir CH . Ah , Mr. Blackletter , I once loved the name of a college , until my son proved so ...
... Sir Christopher and Quiz , in a professor's gown . Sir CH . And so , friend Blackletter , you are just come from college . QUIZ . Yes , Sir . Sir CH . Ah , Mr. Blackletter , I once loved the name of a college , until my son proved so ...
Page 422
... Sir CH . Ah , Sir , he was once a youth of promise . But do you know him ? QUIZ . What ! Frederick Classic ? aye that I do - heaven be praised . Sir CH . I tell you , Mr. Blackletter , he is wonderfully changed . QUIZ . And a lucky ...
... Sir CH . Ah , Sir , he was once a youth of promise . But do you know him ? QUIZ . What ! Frederick Classic ? aye that I do - heaven be praised . Sir CH . I tell you , Mr. Blackletter , he is wonderfully changed . QUIZ . And a lucky ...
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