Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged, Volume 79Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1788 - Periodicals Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... lefs refined and faculties lefs elegantly cultivated might have been as well employed : coarfe complections * And cheeks of forry grain , will ferve to ply See a good Preface by Oldys ( Pref . p . 20. ) to a copious and ju- dicious ...
... lefs refined and faculties lefs elegantly cultivated might have been as well employed : coarfe complections * And cheeks of forry grain , will ferve to ply See a good Preface by Oldys ( Pref . p . 20. ) to a copious and ju- dicious ...
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... lefs precipices far into the fea : one of the topmost of thefe cliffs , hanging over the reft , the people informed me was called the GIANT'S CHAIR . Near it is a cavern called in Cornish the CAVE WITH THE VOICE . ' Ranking ourselves ...
... lefs precipices far into the fea : one of the topmost of thefe cliffs , hanging over the reft , the people informed me was called the GIANT'S CHAIR . Near it is a cavern called in Cornish the CAVE WITH THE VOICE . ' Ranking ourselves ...
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... lefs unjuft than it might have been indifcreet . The Emperor received with honourable courtesy , both Vitiges and his more noble confort : and as the King of the Goths conformed to the Athanafian faith , he obtained , with a rich ...
... lefs unjuft than it might have been indifcreet . The Emperor received with honourable courtesy , both Vitiges and his more noble confort : and as the King of the Goths conformed to the Athanafian faith , he obtained , with a rich ...
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... lefs diftinguifhed by precifion than elegance , he treats of the laws of the Kings , of thofe of the Twelve Tables , the laws of the People and the Senate , the edicts of the Magiftrates and Emperors , the autho- rity of the Civilians ...
... lefs diftinguifhed by precifion than elegance , he treats of the laws of the Kings , of thofe of the Twelve Tables , the laws of the People and the Senate , the edicts of the Magiftrates and Emperors , the autho- rity of the Civilians ...
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... lefs guilty fchifmatics , who revered the virginity of his mother , and ex- cluded the aid of an earthly father . The incredulity of the former was countenanced by the vifible circumftances of his birth , the legal marriage of his ...
... lefs guilty fchifmatics , who revered the virginity of his mother , and ex- cluded the aid of an earthly father . The incredulity of the former was countenanced by the vifible circumftances of his birth , the legal marriage of his ...
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