Monthly Review; Or New Literary JournalR. Griffiths., 1794 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... former failures , than fanguine in their expectations of new fuc- cefs , aware of all the numerous inlets to mistake and delufion , and dreading the interference of fancy when truth alone is the object , -receive with coldness every ...
... former failures , than fanguine in their expectations of new fuc- cefs , aware of all the numerous inlets to mistake and delufion , and dreading the interference of fancy when truth alone is the object , -receive with coldness every ...
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... former is the direct debility of Dr. Brown ; the latter , the indirect . On thefe principles , with that of the ex- hauftion of the ípirit of animation by fibrous contractions , and its renovation and accumulation on quiefcence , the ...
... former is the direct debility of Dr. Brown ; the latter , the indirect . On thefe principles , with that of the ex- hauftion of the ípirit of animation by fibrous contractions , and its renovation and accumulation on quiefcence , the ...
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... cannot fail of giving pleasure to those who have been delighted with the * See Review , vol . lxxvi . p . 197 . perufal perufal of the former . This fource of gratification , 12 Darwin's Zoonomia ; or the Laws of Organic Life .
... cannot fail of giving pleasure to those who have been delighted with the * See Review , vol . lxxvi . p . 197 . perufal perufal of the former . This fource of gratification , 12 Darwin's Zoonomia ; or the Laws of Organic Life .
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... former of them lived in Palestine ) mufl they have been of forging fuch books as thefe ? Befides , they were both too honest to think of any fuch thing . There were , no doubt , in pretty early times , other Gospels written in imitation ...
... former of them lived in Palestine ) mufl they have been of forging fuch books as thefe ? Befides , they were both too honest to think of any fuch thing . There were , no doubt , in pretty early times , other Gospels written in imitation ...
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... former , for the work is of a serious caft , and the writer's chief object appears to be to trace out feveral points of comparifon , in which Eng- land has the fuperiority over Italy . He feems not unwilling to concede the fuperiority ...
... former , for the work is of a serious caft , and the writer's chief object appears to be to trace out feveral points of comparifon , in which Eng- land has the fuperiority over Italy . He feems not unwilling to concede the fuperiority ...
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Page 376 - On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires; Even from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires.
Page 249 - ... the gamester, light and jolly, There the lender, grave and sly. Wealth, my lad, was made to wander, Let it wander as it will ; Call the jockey, call the pander, Bid them come and take their fill. When the bonny blade carouses, Pockets full, and spirits high — What are acres ? what are houses ? Only dirt, or wet or dry. Should the guardian friend or mother Tell the woes of wilful waste; Scorn their counsel, scorn their pother, — You can hang or drown at last.
Page 58 - ... discovering the operations of the enemy; while on the side of New York the atmosphere was perfectly clear. The retreat was effected in thirteen hours, though nine thousand men had to pass over the river, besides field artillery, ammunition, provisions, cattle, horses, and carts. The circumstances of this retreat were particularly glorious to the Americans. They had been driven to the corner of an island, where they were hemmed in within the narrow space of two square miles. In their front was...
Page 296 - but you do not tell all the story. I think the cap was nevertheless an advantage to us, for it was the first thing that put our girls upon knitting worsted mittens for sale at Philadelphia, that they might have wherewithal to buy caps and ribbons there, and you know that that industry has continued, and is likely to continue and increase to a much greater value, and answer better purposes.
Page 191 - ... and to redrefs grievances which originated in the corruption of a court. Such qualities were not the growth of the reign of Philip the Fifth. The death of the Marquis of Bedmar, who had filled with ability the important...
Page 345 - As may express them best ; though what if earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein Each to other like, more than on earth is thought...
Page 364 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Page 45 - ... which appear, or not, according to the heat of the weather or climate, open later in the day, or do not open at all, when they are removed from, a fouthern to a more northern latitude. Trefoil, woodforrel, mountain ebony, wildfenna, the African marigold, &c.
Page 267 - Seringapatam into the minister's budget : here, however, being nearly smothered, he made a violent effort ; and before we could turn about to assist him, he was up to his neck in tar-water. He was twice, after this, in danger of being lost in the Southern Ocean ; but an African slave-vessel took him up each time, and landed him, some how or other, at Nootka Sound.
Page 471 - ... when the ancestor by any gift or conveyance takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee or in tail ; that always in such cases (the heirs) are words of limitation of the estate, and not words of purchase.