The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 36Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths R. Griffiths, 1767 - 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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Page 193
... Such as , Tho ' vain th ' attempt to fly , ' and that whole couplet , While helpless thou , ' & c . Be- fides , a new object is introduced , A perfon trained in the fchool of Aiction , ' whom Polignac never mentions , but more ...
... Such as , Tho ' vain th ' attempt to fly , ' and that whole couplet , While helpless thou , ' & c . Be- fides , a new object is introduced , A perfon trained in the fchool of Aiction , ' whom Polignac never mentions , but more ...
Page 353
... Such was this weary wight all woe - begone ; Such was his life ; and thus of things he deem'd ; And fachlich was bis cave , that all with forrowes teemd , By this specimen the Reader will perceive that the language and orthography , as ...
... Such was this weary wight all woe - begone ; Such was his life ; and thus of things he deem'd ; And fachlich was bis cave , that all with forrowes teemd , By this specimen the Reader will perceive that the language and orthography , as ...
Page 505
... Such were the circumstances that character Homer . The Greeks were neither altogether ag nor yet perfectly civilized . Their minds were re and vigorous by a delire of reputation and refe fimplicity of their wants , and by the ...
... Such were the circumstances that character Homer . The Greeks were neither altogether ag nor yet perfectly civilized . Their minds were re and vigorous by a delire of reputation and refe fimplicity of their wants , and by the ...
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