The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 53R. Griffiths, 1775 - Books |
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Page 204
... ancient Greeks and Romans . English verse is not to be measured by the number of syllables ; nor to be confidered as confifting of feet measured by quantity , or the comparative length of fyllables , and capable of being regulated by ...
... ancient Greeks and Romans . English verse is not to be measured by the number of syllables ; nor to be confidered as confifting of feet measured by quantity , or the comparative length of fyllables , and capable of being regulated by ...
Page 330
... ancient occurrences in the rites and myfte- ries ; as they were practised by the nations of the earth . In conformity to these suppositions , Mr. Bryant endeavours to shew , that these things did happen : that the history of the deluge ...
... ancient occurrences in the rites and myfte- ries ; as they were practised by the nations of the earth . In conformity to these suppositions , Mr. Bryant endeavours to shew , that these things did happen : that the history of the deluge ...
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... ancient history to themselves , to which they had no relation : and as the real purport of it was totally hid from them , they have , by their colouring and new modelling what they did not under- stand , run themselves into a thousand ...
... ancient history to themselves , to which they had no relation : and as the real purport of it was totally hid from them , they have , by their colouring and new modelling what they did not under- stand , run themselves into a thousand ...
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