The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 20Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths R. Griffiths, 1759 - Books A monthly book announcement and review journal. Considered to be the first periodical in England to offer reviews. In each issue the longer reviews are in the front section followed by short reviews of lesser works. It featured the novelist and poet Oliver Goldsmith as an early contributor. Griffiths himself, and likely his wife Isabella Griffiths, contributed review articles to the periodical. Later contributors included Dr. Charles Burney, John Cleland, Theophilus Cibber, James Grainger, Anna Letitia Barbauld, Elizabeth Moody, and Tobias Smollet. |
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... Because too great the pains to aft ; Stifting th ' emotions of his breaft , Indulge his lazy braics in reft . A paradox , yet fuch the fact , " More fear to think than fear to : & ; " Ia thought tho ' danger we farmize , " In act while ...
... Because too great the pains to aft ; Stifting th ' emotions of his breaft , Indulge his lazy braics in reft . A paradox , yet fuch the fact , " More fear to think than fear to : & ; " Ia thought tho ' danger we farmize , " In act while ...
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... because an angle cannot be taken by them to nearer the truth than 10 minutes . But furely every writer , before he condemns an in- ftrument , fhould be well convinced , that he has fufficient grounds for his cenfure . Now this is fo far ...
... because an angle cannot be taken by them to nearer the truth than 10 minutes . But furely every writer , before he condemns an in- ftrument , fhould be well convinced , that he has fufficient grounds for his cenfure . Now this is fo far ...
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... because the dates of fuch tranfactions are generally afcertained in the annals of the king or high - pricft under which they happened , and under whofe name a chronological feries of all tranfactions of impor- tance , referred to his ...
... because the dates of fuch tranfactions are generally afcertained in the annals of the king or high - pricft under which they happened , and under whofe name a chronological feries of all tranfactions of impor- tance , referred to his ...
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... because the fcripture has tranfmitted us nothing concerning them , but their names . Upon the natural hiftory of the Bible we may boaft of being more fyftematical and accurate in our defcriptions , than perhaps any who have gone before ...
... because the fcripture has tranfmitted us nothing concerning them , but their names . Upon the natural hiftory of the Bible we may boaft of being more fyftematical and accurate in our defcriptions , than perhaps any who have gone before ...
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... because it favours of affectation , is too artificial , and grows tiresome . Speaking of the application of figures , he obferves , that the fineft embellifhments rhetoric can furnifh , introduced in a caufe which demands only ...
... because it favours of affectation , is too artificial , and grows tiresome . Speaking of the application of figures , he obferves , that the fineft embellifhments rhetoric can furnifh , introduced in a caufe which demands only ...
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Page 200 - Mary the utmost beauty of countenance and elegance of shape of which the human form is capable. Her hair was black, though, according to the fashion of that age, she frequently wore borrowed locks, and of different colours. Her eyes were a dark grey, her complexion was exquisitely fine, and her hands and arms remarkably delicate, both as to shape and colour. Her stature was of a height that rose to the majestic.
Page 155 - But of that day and hour knoweth no man ; no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Page 151 - Now learn a parable of the fig tree; when his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh. So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
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Page 429 - Nothing is more idle than to inquire after happiness, which nature has kindly placed within our reach. The way to be happy is to live according to nature, in obedience to that universal and unalterable law with which every heart is originally impressed; which is not written on it by precept, but engraven by destiny, not instilled by education, but infused at our nativity. He that lives according to nature will...
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Page 194 - He was acquainted too with the learning cultivated among divines in that age ; and excelled in that species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and to inflame.!! His maxims, however, were often too severe, and the impetuosity of his temper excessive. Rigid and uncomplying himself, he showed no indulgence to the infirmities of others.
Page 408 - ... due to her, they make great addition to it. They owed all of them their advancement to her choice; they were supported by her constancy; and with all their abilities they were never able to acquire any undue ascendant over her.
Page 348 - ... advantageous composition, which he can make with the spiritual guides, is to bribe their indolence, by assigning stated salaries to their profession, and rendering it superfluous for them to be farther active, than merely to prevent their flock from straying in quest of new pastures. And in this manner ecclesiastical establishments, though commonly they arose at first from religious views, prove in the end advantageous to the political interests of society.
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