Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volumen61Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1780 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... last died gradually away , and other imita- tions fupply its place . ' While he was upon this fubject , we could have wished to have had Dr. Johnfon's fentiments on the prefent pedantic af- fectation of dividing the English Ode into ...
... last died gradually away , and other imita- tions fupply its place . ' While he was upon this fubject , we could have wished to have had Dr. Johnfon's fentiments on the prefent pedantic af- fectation of dividing the English Ode into ...
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... last of Newton's tracts contained in this volume . The manner in which our Editor and Commentator has ful- filled his task in thefe two capacities , with respect to these opufcula , will be moft concifely exhibited by giving his own 4 ...
... last of Newton's tracts contained in this volume . The manner in which our Editor and Commentator has ful- filled his task in thefe two capacities , with respect to these opufcula , will be moft concifely exhibited by giving his own 4 ...
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... last of St. John , the epiftle of Jude , and the Revelation , all which are omitted , probably for no other reafon , but , according to the opinion of fome , becaufe they were either not known in the time when this tranflation was made ...
... last of St. John , the epiftle of Jude , and the Revelation , all which are omitted , probably for no other reafon , but , according to the opinion of fome , becaufe they were either not known in the time when this tranflation was made ...
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... last remark , even we Reviewers , feldom as we fhew our thread - bare coats in the regions of elegance and fashion , know enough of the female world , to be fenfible of its truth . Our fair countrywomen will , we doubt not , profit by ...
... last remark , even we Reviewers , feldom as we fhew our thread - bare coats in the regions of elegance and fashion , know enough of the female world , to be fenfible of its truth . Our fair countrywomen will , we doubt not , profit by ...
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... last century . This our Author attributes to the political re- union and local contiguity of all the parts of the French monar- chy , to the extinction of feudal government , the diminution of the power of the nobility by Richlieu , and ...
... last century . This our Author attributes to the political re- union and local contiguity of all the parts of the French monar- chy , to the extinction of feudal government , the diminution of the power of the nobility by Richlieu , and ...
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Página 85 - To be of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
Página 17 - It ought, in my opinion, to be indispensably observed, that the masses of light in a picture be always of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or a yellowish- white ; and that the blue, the grey, or the green colours be kept almost entirely out of these masses, and be used only to support and set off these warm colours ; and for this purpose, a small proportion of cold colours will be sufficient.
Página 88 - He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that Nature had...
Página 180 - The most frightful disorders arose from the state of feudal anarchy. Force decided all things. Europe was one great field of battle, where the weak struggled for freedom', and the strong for dominion. The king was without power', and the nobles without principle.
Página 344 - ... extent and variety of the universe, could we travel from planet to planet, and from system to system, in order to examine each part of this mighty fabric? Any one of these four principles above mentioned (and a hundred others which lie open to our conjecture) may afford us a theory, by which to judge of the order of the world; and it is a palpable and egregious partiality, to confine our view entirely to that principle, by which our own minds operate.
Página 84 - ... read for pleasure or accomplishment, and who buy the numerous products of modern typography, the number was then comparatively small. To prove the paucity of readers, it may be sufficient to remark, that the nation had been satisfied from 1623 to 1664, that is, forty-one years, with only two editions of the works of Shakspeare, which probably did not together make one thousand copies.
Página 1 - It is with great propriety that subtlety, which in its original import means exility of particles, is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction. Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation.
Página 184 - Towards the latter end of this month, September, Charles will begin to recover his perfect health, according to his nativity, which, casting it myself, I am sure is true, and all things hitherto have happened accordingly to the very time that I predicted them : I hope at the same time to recover more health, according to my age.