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 49
... thofe facred oracles . Yea , the light of nature , or common fenfe , eafily difcerns thefe to be egregious follies and vices . ' I must therefore.warn you against these things my young brethren , as quite inconfiftent with gravity and ...
... thofe facred oracles . Yea , the light of nature , or common fenfe , eafily difcerns thefe to be egregious follies and vices . ' I must therefore.warn you against these things my young brethren , as quite inconfiftent with gravity and ...
Page 247
... thofe his divine difpenfations , fo Dr. R. obferves , that in the chriftian plan , God hath difplayed his infinite ... thofe ends which were answered by a frequent repetition of a multitude of other expiatory facrifices under the ...
... thofe his divine difpenfations , fo Dr. R. obferves , that in the chriftian plan , God hath difplayed his infinite ... thofe ends which were answered by a frequent repetition of a multitude of other expiatory facrifices under the ...
Page 436
... thofe countries that are not diftinguished by uncommon appearances , or unknown objects , though one meets with no great entertainment , one may travel at eafe while the way is fmooth , This work is divided into two books , which are ...
... thofe countries that are not diftinguished by uncommon appearances , or unknown objects , though one meets with no great entertainment , one may travel at eafe while the way is fmooth , This work is divided into two books , which are ...
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