Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal EnlargedRalph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1818 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... give a wider cir- culation to the knowlege of these peculiarities : politeness will be assisted in avoiding to offend , and philosophy will be pre- pared for devising the means of reform . In general , it may be observed that the ...
... give a wider cir- culation to the knowlege of these peculiarities : politeness will be assisted in avoiding to offend , and philosophy will be pre- pared for devising the means of reform . In general , it may be observed that the ...
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... give mutual support , though with mutual checks . It is filled with strange conceits in- metaphysics and natural philosophy , with idle superstitions , and with a scheme of theology most obscurely figurative and consequently liable to ...
... give mutual support , though with mutual checks . It is filled with strange conceits in- metaphysics and natural philosophy , with idle superstitions , and with a scheme of theology most obscurely figurative and consequently liable to ...
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... give rise , each contributor naturally selecting for the range of his inquiries the districts most within his reach . In consequence of such a commodious distribution and subdivi- sion of labour , and the facility with which the amount ...
... give rise , each contributor naturally selecting for the range of his inquiries the districts most within his reach . In consequence of such a commodious distribution and subdivi- sion of labour , and the facility with which the amount ...
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... give to the unprofessional equally with the professional . In fact , we believe that the former will profit by it more than the latter ; since , although the work contains little either of learned research or scientific investigation ...
... give to the unprofessional equally with the professional . In fact , we believe that the former will profit by it more than the latter ; since , although the work contains little either of learned research or scientific investigation ...
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... give a more elastic bound to the mental agency of the population , and to fit them for a higher degree of elevation ... gives an impulse to intellectual cultivation which nothing else can impart ; and hence is rapidly produced a state of ...
... give a more elastic bound to the mental agency of the population , and to fit them for a higher degree of elevation ... gives an impulse to intellectual cultivation which nothing else can impart ; and hence is rapidly produced a state of ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Æneid antient appears ascer attention Banyuwangi basalt beautiful Boards botany Brahmanical called Calvinistic Captain character Chenoo church common contains dicotyledonous disease distinct doctrine Dry Rot effect English equally express fact favour feeling feet fiorin former French fungi give honour Iceland important inhabitants instance interesting island Japan Japanese Java King of Saxony knowlege labour land language manner matter means mechanical philosophy medal ment mind mode moral nation native nature never notice o'er object observations occasion opinion original parish particular passage persons phænomena plants poem poor present principles prisoners proceed propositions prove readers reason remark respect river Saxon says seems shew society species specimen Stewart sufficient supposed tain taste thing timber tion translation truth Turnus volume Wapentakes whole words writer yellow fever Zaira Zaire
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 160 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Seite 222 - It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way : thou wouldst be great ; Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it: what thou wouldst highly, That wouldst thou holily ; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win: thou'dst have, great Glamis, That which cries ' Thus thou must do, if thou have it; And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should be undone.
Seite 29 - But mark how luxury will enter families, and make a progress, in spite of principle: being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a China bowl, with a spoon of silver! They had been bought for me without my knowledge by my wife, and had cost her the enormous sum of...
Seite 29 - We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a two-penny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon.
Seite 27 - The institution soon manifested its utility, was imitated by other towns, and in other provinces. The libraries were augmented by donations; reading became fashionable; and our people, having no...
Seite 29 - Deity; that he made the world, and govern'd it by his Providence; that the most acceptable service of God was the doing good to man; that our souls are immortal; and that all crime will be punished, and virtue rewarded, either here or hereafter.
Seite 10 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Seite 33 - Hell that could well be imagin'd; there was no appeasing the tumult, and we retired to our lodging. At midnight, a number of them came thundering at our door, demanding more rum, of which we took no notice. "The next day, sensible they had...
Seite 60 - In compliance with this appointment, the lord mayor, the .sheriffs, and several of the aldermen attended. The prisoners were .assembled together ; and it being requested that no alteration in their usual practice might take place, one of the ladies read a chapter in the Bible, and then the females proceeded to their various avocations. Their attention...
Seite 28 - My circumstances, however, grew daily easier. My original habits of frugality continuing, and my father having, among his instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon, " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...