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 63
... fuch as he faw it would be propereft to leave as fore - known , or they were not . If the affirmative is afferted ; it is all I plead for . Every event in this cafe will be juft fuch as perfect recti- tude is pleafed either to make it ...
... fuch as he faw it would be propereft to leave as fore - known , or they were not . If the affirmative is afferted ; it is all I plead for . Every event in this cafe will be juft fuch as perfect recti- tude is pleafed either to make it ...
Page 77
... fuch a re- gulation has a direct tendency to deftroy ; this meafure is not altogether fo vifionary a one , referring to public utility , as we fee fometimes pro- pofed . This project , fays our fpeculator of raifing fuch a tax from the ...
... fuch a re- gulation has a direct tendency to deftroy ; this meafure is not altogether fo vifionary a one , referring to public utility , as we fee fometimes pro- pofed . This project , fays our fpeculator of raifing fuch a tax from the ...
Page 148
... fuch advice upon the whole to the crown as they fall fee fit . Indeed , as fuch a tract of territory is acquired , it behoves the public to look after it . It is certain that no Englishman can acquire any lands or territorial poffeffion ...
... fuch advice upon the whole to the crown as they fall fee fit . Indeed , as fuch a tract of territory is acquired , it behoves the public to look after it . It is certain that no Englishman can acquire any lands or territorial poffeffion ...
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