THE MONTHLY REVIEW.1781 |
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... important in the whole science ; and we think , that the Author would have done right to have inferted it among his General Obfervations ' prefixed . to the experiments . The propofition to which we allude is , in fhort , this ; -that ...
... important in the whole science ; and we think , that the Author would have done right to have inferted it among his General Obfervations ' prefixed . to the experiments . The propofition to which we allude is , in fhort , this ; -that ...
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... important diftinctions in practice , relative to this diforder , are , to afcertain whether the difeafe is of an inflam- matory nature ; or whether it is attended with a disposition to putrefaction in the throat , or in the fyftem in ...
... important diftinctions in practice , relative to this diforder , are , to afcertain whether the difeafe is of an inflam- matory nature ; or whether it is attended with a disposition to putrefaction in the throat , or in the fyftem in ...
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... importance of the feveral fubjects which are dif- ' cuffed in them . The general contents of the fecond book are as follow : Of Saturninus - Of Bafilides - Of Carpocrates and his fon Epi- phanes - Of Cerinthus - Of Prodicus and his ...
... importance of the feveral fubjects which are dif- ' cuffed in them . The general contents of the fecond book are as follow : Of Saturninus - Of Bafilides - Of Carpocrates and his fon Epi- phanes - Of Cerinthus - Of Prodicus and his ...
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... importance . to illuftrate their quality ; the poffeffion of one of these houses , or the conftant tradition of being defcended from a former pof- feffor , being more than fufficient to ennoble their blood : many fuch having fhined in ...
... importance . to illuftrate their quality ; the poffeffion of one of these houses , or the conftant tradition of being defcended from a former pof- feffor , being more than fufficient to ennoble their blood : many fuch having fhined in ...
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... importance of Northumberland - toge- ther with an account of fome ancient customs which prevail in this county , with fuitable conjectures , & c . We fhall conclude the article by adding , that fome additional fheets are delivered with ...
... importance of Northumberland - toge- ther with an account of fome ancient customs which prevail in this county , with fuitable conjectures , & c . We fhall conclude the article by adding , that fome additional fheets are delivered with ...
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Page 104 - ... and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity.
Page 207 - For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Page 103 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe,— not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts:— but to dive into the depths of...
Page 195 - Adieu to canals, circular basons, and cascades tumbling down marble steps, that last absurd magnificence of Italian and French villas. The forced elevation of cataracts was no more. The gentle stream was taught to...
Page 292 - ... without being checked either by the prejudices of education or by the clamours of the multitude.
Page 398 - But if our Gofpel be hid, it is hid to them that are loft: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not.
Page 192 - He was not only consulted for furniture, as frames of pictures, glasses, tables, chairs, etc., but for plate, for a barge, for a cradle. And so impetuous was fashion, that two great ladies prevailed on him to make designs for their birthday gowns. The one he dressed in a petticoat decorated with columns of the five orders ; the other like a bronze, in a copper-coloured satin, with ornaments of gold.
Page 436 - ... that we might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God, and that believing we might have life through his name,
Page 449 - The skilful practitioners of the medical art will determine (if they are able to determine) how far the temper of the human mind may be affected by the use of animal or of vegetable food ; and whether the common association of...
Page 292 - Constantine we may contemplate a hero, who had so long inspired his subjects with love and his enemies with terror, degenerating into a cruel and dissolute monarch, corrupted by his fortune, or raised by conquest above the necessity of dissimulation.