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 135
... method of reading the Hebrew language without points , we cannot help thinking unjuft ; and that it betrays both a prejudice againft , and igno- rance of , that method , as laid down by Mafcleff : -But it is time to proceed to the ...
... method of reading the Hebrew language without points , we cannot help thinking unjuft ; and that it betrays both a prejudice againft , and igno- rance of , that method , as laid down by Mafcleff : -But it is time to proceed to the ...
Page 379
... method , and to remove this obftacle , the work before us was published , by order of the commiffioners of longitude ... method of any remain- ing difficulty ; and added explanations of all the tables , and a Correction which may be ...
... method , and to remove this obftacle , the work before us was published , by order of the commiffioners of longitude ... method of any remain- ing difficulty ; and added explanations of all the tables , and a Correction which may be ...
Page 382
... method of finding the lon- gitude at fea by thefe obfervations is removed , and the whole calculus , which was before extremely perplexing and difficult to feamen , rendered very plain and eafy . It is therefore to be hoped that our ...
... method of finding the lon- gitude at fea by thefe obfervations is removed , and the whole calculus , which was before extremely perplexing and difficult to feamen , rendered very plain and eafy . It is therefore to be hoped that our ...
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