Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volume 67Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1782 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... Say my last words befought " To my despairing child to fly , " Ere fame the tidings brought : " He fpoke ! -but oh , what mournful strain In fadness apt to melt , What moving numbers can explain The pangs that EDWIN felt ! For EDWIN ...
... Say my last words befought " To my despairing child to fly , " Ere fame the tidings brought : " He fpoke ! -but oh , what mournful strain In fadness apt to melt , What moving numbers can explain The pangs that EDWIN felt ! For EDWIN ...
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... say , that her success has been as brilliant as the enterprize was arduous . The titles of thefe Dramas are , Mofes in the Bullrushes , David and Goliath , Belshazzar and Daniel . To these are sub- joined , Reflexions of King Hezekiah ...
... say , that her success has been as brilliant as the enterprize was arduous . The titles of thefe Dramas are , Mofes in the Bullrushes , David and Goliath , Belshazzar and Daniel . To these are sub- joined , Reflexions of King Hezekiah ...
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... of gratitude , affection and efteem , to the memory . of Garrick . · Say , can the boafted pow'rs of wit and fongs Of life one pang ren e , one hour prolong ? • Prefumptuous hope ! which daily truths deride ; For 32 More's Sacred Dramas .
... of gratitude , affection and efteem , to the memory . of Garrick . · Say , can the boafted pow'rs of wit and fongs Of life one pang ren e , one hour prolong ? • Prefumptuous hope ! which daily truths deride ; For 32 More's Sacred Dramas .
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... says- rows . Theyre throngynge corses shall onlygbte the starres , The barrows braftynge wythe the flenne schall swelle . v . 678 . Every body knows that the Danes buried their flain upon plains and open places in Tumuli , which were ...
... says- rows . Theyre throngynge corses shall onlygbte the starres , The barrows braftynge wythe the flenne schall swelle . v . 678 . Every body knows that the Danes buried their flain upon plains and open places in Tumuli , which were ...
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... say , that the books did not treat of fubjects that could have afforded him fuch a degree of knowledge as was requifite to the compofition of these poems ? He may fay it : and we fuppofe will fay it without fcruple . And what reply can ...
... say , that the books did not treat of fubjects that could have afforded him fuch a degree of knowledge as was requifite to the compofition of these poems ? He may fay it : and we fuppofe will fay it without fcruple . And what reply can ...
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