Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal EnlargedRalph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1800 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... respect to the first , the method proceeds by the continual bisection of the arch of 30 ° , and correspondent extractions of the square root , to find the sine and co - sine of the half , the fourth part , the eighth part , and so on ...
... respect to the first , the method proceeds by the continual bisection of the arch of 30 ° , and correspondent extractions of the square root , to find the sine and co - sine of the half , the fourth part , the eighth part , and so on ...
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... respect for the character of this eminent naturalist , we must take the liberty of saying that this is no explanation of the phænomena in question : it is merely an enunciation of the facts , in abstract terms ; and the reader who ...
... respect for the character of this eminent naturalist , we must take the liberty of saying that this is no explanation of the phænomena in question : it is merely an enunciation of the facts , in abstract terms ; and the reader who ...
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... respects the use of hepar sulphuris , as an antidote to an over - dose of arsenic . We have had occasion to try this ... respect , is less remarkable , as we find him occupying some pages with a defence of the innocence of Peruvian bark ...
... respects the use of hepar sulphuris , as an antidote to an over - dose of arsenic . We have had occasion to try this ... respect , is less remarkable , as we find him occupying some pages with a defence of the innocence of Peruvian bark ...
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... respect to general exertion : for it rarely happens that those men , who are distinguished for an extraordinarily retentive memory , have been celebrated for any original pro- ductions of taste or genius . The mind seems to derive no ...
... respect to general exertion : for it rarely happens that those men , who are distinguished for an extraordinarily retentive memory , have been celebrated for any original pro- ductions of taste or genius . The mind seems to derive no ...
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... or forming , images or ideas , we do not exactly feel the propriety of their language in several instances . At page 606 , they say , with respect to the arts , imagination may be considered with 56 Edgeworth's Practical Education .
... or forming , images or ideas , we do not exactly feel the propriety of their language in several instances . At page 606 , they say , with respect to the arts , imagination may be considered with 56 Edgeworth's Practical Education .
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Page 184 - A WOMAN'S face with Nature's own hand painted Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion; A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted With shifting change, as is false women's fashion; An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling, Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth; A man in hue all hues in his controlling, Which steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth.
Page 351 - And should my youth, as youth is apt I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree.
Page 350 - Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarm'd the pointless leaves appear.
Page 249 - But it is a miracle that a dead man should come to life, because that has never been observed in any age or country.
Page 257 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 184 - hues" in his controlling, Which steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth. And for a woman wert thou first created, Till Nature as she wrought thee fell a-doting And by addition me of thee defeated, By adding one thing to my purpose nothing. But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure, Mine be thy love, and thy love's use their treasure.
Page 191 - Being has this peculiar property; that, as it admits of no substitute, so, from the first moment it is formed, it is capable of continual growth and enlargement. God himself is immutable; but our conception of his character is continually receiving fresh accessions, is continually growing more extended and refulgent, by having transferred to it new elements of...
Page 425 - Ireland have severally agreed and resolved, that, in order to promote and secure the essential interests of Great Britain and Ireland, and to consolidate the strength, power, and resources of the British Empire, it will be advisable to concur in such measures as may best tend to unite the two kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland...
Page 351 - So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng, So would I seem among the young and gay More grave than they, That in my age as cheerful I might be As the green winter of the Holly Tree, III LORD WILLIAM.
Page 350 - twas a famous victory.' The Holly Tree. 0 reader ! hast thou ever stood to see The holly tree ? The eye that contemplates it, well perceives Its glossy leaves Ordered by an intelligence so wise As might confound the atheist's sophistries. Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen ; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and...