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 206
... given out , that he was come to France to affaffinate him , by the in- telligence he had received of it from London ; and that they had refused him the facrament , by his orders , before he made his escape ; but , faid he , I defpife ...
... given out , that he was come to France to affaffinate him , by the in- telligence he had received of it from London ; and that they had refused him the facrament , by his orders , before he made his escape ; but , faid he , I defpife ...
Page 285
... given a fe parate account of each country in particular . Indeed , in many cafes , this would have been altogether impracticable , especially as to what regards the multitude of the iflands in this quarter of the globe , the accounts of ...
... given a fe parate account of each country in particular . Indeed , in many cafes , this would have been altogether impracticable , especially as to what regards the multitude of the iflands in this quarter of the globe , the accounts of ...
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... given to freedom of enquiry , and the purfuit of truth , unin- cumbered with the ligatures of fyftem , and perfectly stript of the vizard of scholaftic fophiftry . With what spirit can a youth of ingenuous probity of mind , purfue his ...
... given to freedom of enquiry , and the purfuit of truth , unin- cumbered with the ligatures of fyftem , and perfectly stript of the vizard of scholaftic fophiftry . With what spirit can a youth of ingenuous probity of mind , purfue his ...
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