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 52
... taken from what we obferve of their effects in the frame of nature , and that therefore to infer from thefe perfections any greater order and wisdom in the administration of nature than we can actually ob- ferve , is to fuppofe greater ...
... taken from what we obferve of their effects in the frame of nature , and that therefore to infer from thefe perfections any greater order and wisdom in the administration of nature than we can actually ob- ferve , is to fuppofe greater ...
Page 149
... taken from them . But if the revenues of this newly acquired dominion rightfully belong to the public and can be applied to the eafing our na- tional debt , will it not , G , be an excellent thing ? Is it not , therefore , a great idea ...
... taken from them . But if the revenues of this newly acquired dominion rightfully belong to the public and can be applied to the eafing our na- tional debt , will it not , G , be an excellent thing ? Is it not , therefore , a great idea ...
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... taken notice of , he defires their prayers for the profperity of his reign , " and the rather , foraf- much as , if he fucceeded in his war with the Perfians , he would rebuild their holy city of Jerufalem . " But he did not fucceed in ...
... taken notice of , he defires their prayers for the profperity of his reign , " and the rather , foraf- much as , if he fucceeded in his war with the Perfians , he would rebuild their holy city of Jerufalem . " But he did not fucceed in ...
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