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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... moft learned of all our English poets ; and he has fo interwoven his learning with his poetry , that his readers will gladly accept the affiftance of an able anno- tator . For this office his prefent Editor is peculiarly qualified ...
... moft learned of all our English poets ; and he has fo interwoven his learning with his poetry , that his readers will gladly accept the affiftance of an able anno- tator . For this office his prefent Editor is peculiarly qualified ...
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... moft excellent English poets , who , according to this Author's enumeration , are Chaucer , Lydgate , Hardyng , Spencer , Drayton , Shakespeare , Jonfon , Donne , Beaumont and Fletcher , Sandys , Cowley , and Cleveland , with fome ...
... moft excellent English poets , who , according to this Author's enumeration , are Chaucer , Lydgate , Hardyng , Spencer , Drayton , Shakespeare , Jonfon , Donne , Beaumont and Fletcher , Sandys , Cowley , and Cleveland , with fome ...
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... moft fublime geniufes be fometimes employed in difcuffing fubjects which lie level to ordinary abilities . Instead , therefore , of wafting our time in abfurdly wondering and fruit- lefsly regretting that Milton has not written more ...
... moft fublime geniufes be fometimes employed in difcuffing fubjects which lie level to ordinary abilities . Instead , therefore , of wafting our time in abfurdly wondering and fruit- lefsly regretting that Milton has not written more ...
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... moft lofty watch - tower , " of admirable conftruction , in full view of Britain . " HIST . L. i . c . ii . fol . 5. a . edit . Parif . 1524. fol . But what is the meaning of “ The Great Vision of the Ġuarded Mount ? " And of the line ...
... moft lofty watch - tower , " of admirable conftruction , in full view of Britain . " HIST . L. i . c . ii . fol . 5. a . edit . Parif . 1524. fol . But what is the meaning of “ The Great Vision of the Ġuarded Mount ? " And of the line ...
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... moft countries on the con- tinent , and even in the northern divifion of our own island . When we confider that , in one fhort chapter , Mr. G. has clearly and fully illuftrated a fubject , which has exhausted so many learned lives ...
... moft countries on the con- tinent , and even in the northern divifion of our own island . When we confider that , in one fhort chapter , Mr. G. has clearly and fully illuftrated a fubject , which has exhausted so many learned lives ...
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