Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged, Volume 79Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1788 - Periodicals Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... supposed to have furnished him with ideas , or affifted his con- ceptions . But this investigation , though it might prove fatal to an ordinary poet , ferves only to increase the reputation of our fublime bard . To him we may better ...
... supposed to have furnished him with ideas , or affifted his con- ceptions . But this investigation , though it might prove fatal to an ordinary poet , ferves only to increase the reputation of our fublime bard . To him we may better ...
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... supposed him to be in correfpondence with the Austrian Trenck . Rav . Sept. 1788 . S My My refolution increased his obftinacy ; but , in the Holcroft's Tranflation of the Life of Baron Trenck . 257 FRANCIS's Vifitation Sermon, 96 ...
... supposed him to be in correfpondence with the Austrian Trenck . Rav . Sept. 1788 . S My My refolution increased his obftinacy ; but , in the Holcroft's Tranflation of the Life of Baron Trenck . 257 FRANCIS's Vifitation Sermon, 96 ...
Page 630
... supposed to have been occafioned by the danger of the feas which they were obliged to navigate , and the depredations of the pirates who frequented them . Ifocrates , in his oration intitled TpaTxos , informs us , that a stranger having ...
... supposed to have been occafioned by the danger of the feas which they were obliged to navigate , and the depredations of the pirates who frequented them . Ifocrates , in his oration intitled TpaTxos , informs us , that a stranger having ...
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... supposed that Ho- mer , fearing to tire with an uninterrupted tiffue of tragical events , in the description of battles , and the fatal effects of bu- man paffions , had enlivened his poem at the expence of the gods themselves , by ...
... supposed that Ho- mer , fearing to tire with an uninterrupted tiffue of tragical events , in the description of battles , and the fatal effects of bu- man paffions , had enlivened his poem at the expence of the gods themselves , by ...
Page 695
... supposed to be connected . If there links were , neceffary , they would be permanent ; but perma- nence is found only in the fpecies . Again , fhould it be granted that , as the infinite number of parallel fections of which a pyramid is ...
... supposed to be connected . If there links were , neceffary , they would be permanent ; but perma- nence is found only in the fpecies . Again , fhould it be granted that , as the infinite number of parallel fections of which a pyramid is ...
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