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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... seems , intended as a provifion for the proprietor's fon and daughter . The fon , not being in the fecret , was on the point of felling the house , with the concealed Bulfe , and hence the difficulties in the courfe of the fable . As Dr ...
... seems , intended as a provifion for the proprietor's fon and daughter . The fon , not being in the fecret , was on the point of felling the house , with the concealed Bulfe , and hence the difficulties in the courfe of the fable . As Dr ...
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... seem to like it : they appeared , however , to be better pleafed with fome fweet bifcuits , which our people had brought with them from China ; and before they had been with them an hour , they ap- peared perfectly free , and under no ...
... seem to like it : they appeared , however , to be better pleafed with fome fweet bifcuits , which our people had brought with them from China ; and before they had been with them an hour , they ap- peared perfectly free , and under no ...
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... seems to think , with Gefner , that this Athenian did not abfolutely forge them , but rather altered the dialect of the old Thracian poet , making probably fuch additions and fub- tractions as he is faid by Herodotus § to have used in ...
... seems to think , with Gefner , that this Athenian did not abfolutely forge them , but rather altered the dialect of the old Thracian poet , making probably fuch additions and fub- tractions as he is faid by Herodotus § to have used in ...
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... seems to claim the merit of fubduing it . Indeed where languages differ fo much as the ancient and modern , the most perfect method , perhaps , 1 of transferring the philofophy from the one language to the other , is by a faithful and ...
... seems to claim the merit of fubduing it . Indeed where languages differ fo much as the ancient and modern , the most perfect method , perhaps , 1 of transferring the philofophy from the one language to the other , is by a faithful and ...
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... seem to corre- fpond , perfectly , with the following paffage , in another part of the fame volume : We do not hear of any attempts made by Government , to pre- vent or diffolve the confederacy , that at this time actually exifts , or ...
... seem to corre- fpond , perfectly , with the following paffage , in another part of the fame volume : We do not hear of any attempts made by Government , to pre- vent or diffolve the confederacy , that at this time actually exifts , or ...
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Page 529 - For him in vain his anxious wife shall wait, Or wander forth to meet him on his way; For him in vain, at to-fall of the day, His babes shall linger at. th' unclosing gate: Ah, ne'er shall he.
Page 485 - If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid, though it were hid indeed Within the centre.
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