The Monthly Review, Or, Literary JournalR. Griffiths, 1799 - Books |
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... truth ? -In which the relations of all the parties are confound- ed , and a tragic effect is attempted to be produced by a total dereliction of historical veracity , an assumption of falsehood for truth , and of vice for virtue ? " Mr ...
... truth ? -In which the relations of all the parties are confound- ed , and a tragic effect is attempted to be produced by a total dereliction of historical veracity , an assumption of falsehood for truth , and of vice for virtue ? " Mr ...
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... truth and brevity - A density of population , surpassing that of the vaunted millions of undepopulated France ; a copious export trade in provisions of various kinds , un- equalled by any kingdom whose inhabitants are proportionably nu ...
... truth and brevity - A density of population , surpassing that of the vaunted millions of undepopulated France ; a copious export trade in provisions of various kinds , un- equalled by any kingdom whose inhabitants are proportionably nu ...
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... truth . " The story of these dials had , I believe , some foundation , but , as it usually happens in popular stories , much fiction has been mingled with some truth . If two clocks were furnished with hands , and with dial plates ...
... truth . " The story of these dials had , I believe , some foundation , but , as it usually happens in popular stories , much fiction has been mingled with some truth . If two clocks were furnished with hands , and with dial plates ...
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... truth , and almost universally preferred to a laboured performance . Even many inaccuracies of composition are overlooked , if the candour and veracity of the author , and the interest of the subject , compensate for those deficiencies ...
... truth , and almost universally preferred to a laboured performance . Even many inaccuracies of composition are overlooked , if the candour and veracity of the author , and the interest of the subject , compensate for those deficiencies ...
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... truth . Poets have been called ma- niacs ; and their writings frequently too well justify the ap- plication of this degrading epithet . Too long has the modern copied the antient poet , in decorating folly with the elegant attractions ...
... truth . Poets have been called ma- niacs ; and their writings frequently too well justify the ap- plication of this degrading epithet . Too long has the modern copied the antient poet , in decorating folly with the elegant attractions ...
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