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 68
... concerning the confifcation of money seized in the streets of Lisbon , on the perfon of a British subject : -Ditto to ditto , concerning the immunities of the perfons and property of British sub- jeas : -Remonftrance to ditto on the ...
... concerning the confifcation of money seized in the streets of Lisbon , on the perfon of a British subject : -Ditto to ditto , concerning the immunities of the perfons and property of British sub- jeas : -Remonftrance to ditto on the ...
Page 141
... concerning pointing , which Jar- chi makes mention of , and fays he saw it ; the points therefore must be before his time ; for it cannot be thought , that he fhould write a book concerning an art , and the rules of it , which did not ...
... concerning pointing , which Jar- chi makes mention of , and fays he saw it ; the points therefore must be before his time ; for it cannot be thought , that he fhould write a book concerning an art , and the rules of it , which did not ...
Page 271
... concerning the Christian philosophy deserve parti- cular notice . The philofophy of the Chriftians , fays he , is called fimple . For its principal concern is to regulate the manners of men , having firft intimated the right doctrine ...
... concerning the Christian philosophy deserve parti- cular notice . The philofophy of the Chriftians , fays he , is called fimple . For its principal concern is to regulate the manners of men , having firft intimated the right doctrine ...
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