The Monthly Review, Or, Literary JournalR. Griffiths, 1800 |
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... give also a list of honours , less public , conferred at different times on the noble Earl . He was an elder brother of the Trinity House , a Governor of the Charter House , of Christ's Hospital , of the London Hospital , & c . & c ...
... give also a list of honours , less public , conferred at different times on the noble Earl . He was an elder brother of the Trinity House , a Governor of the Charter House , of Christ's Hospital , of the London Hospital , & c . & c ...
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... give the sea a hundred stripes , and threw into it a pair of chains as a punishment for presuming to oppose itself to the will and pleasure of so great a monarch , ' & c . - Sestos and Abydos were famous in antiquity for the amorous ...
... give the sea a hundred stripes , and threw into it a pair of chains as a punishment for presuming to oppose itself to the will and pleasure of so great a monarch , ' & c . - Sestos and Abydos were famous in antiquity for the amorous ...
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... give depth , notwith- standing the inclined position of their surface . ' * _ It is an argument against the inventive powers of the Chinese , that they have not hitherto constructed locks , as a great part of in- vention lies in the ...
... give depth , notwith- standing the inclined position of their surface . ' * _ It is an argument against the inventive powers of the Chinese , that they have not hitherto constructed locks , as a great part of in- vention lies in the ...
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... give it credit ; and if this be refused or omitted , both the philosopher and physician are ranked in the class of visionaries . The moral speculatist , however , manages C 4 with with more facility and advantage : the cases which ...
... give it credit ; and if this be refused or omitted , both the philosopher and physician are ranked in the class of visionaries . The moral speculatist , however , manages C 4 with with more facility and advantage : the cases which ...
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... give us not our wish . " In the construction of this fictitious history , much art and genius are displayed , mixed with some peculiarities ; and much good composition is manifested , alloyed by some affectation and inflation . The ...
... give us not our wish . " In the construction of this fictitious history , much art and genius are displayed , mixed with some peculiarities ; and much good composition is manifested , alloyed by some affectation and inflation . The ...
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