Monthly Review; Or New Literary JournalR. Griffiths., 1806 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... mind a different employment in the comparison of ideas . A little philosophical acquaintance with the most beautiful parts of nature , both in the material and immaterial sys- tem , is of use to a poet , and gives grace and solidity to ...
... mind a different employment in the comparison of ideas . A little philosophical acquaintance with the most beautiful parts of nature , both in the material and immaterial sys- tem , is of use to a poet , and gives grace and solidity to ...
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... mind comprehended almost every science ; he was a most attentive observer of life and manners ; a master of classical learning ; and he possessed an exuberance of wit and humour , a force of understanding , and a correctness and ...
... mind comprehended almost every science ; he was a most attentive observer of life and manners ; a master of classical learning ; and he possessed an exuberance of wit and humour , a force of understanding , and a correctness and ...
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... mind of Dr. Beattie , the first symptom of which , ere many days had elapsed , was a temporary but almost total loss ... minds mangled with madness * ! " When he looked for the last time on the dead body of his son , he said , " I have ...
... mind of Dr. Beattie , the first symptom of which , ere many days had elapsed , was a temporary but almost total loss ... minds mangled with madness * ! " When he looked for the last time on the dead body of his son , he said , " I have ...
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... minds of no ordinary powers and attainments , and had at least the merit of calling forth many able inquirers in the ... mind ! and may it be my earnest endeavour to employ that short portion of life which yet remains to me , in such a ...
... minds of no ordinary powers and attainments , and had at least the merit of calling forth many able inquirers in the ... mind ! and may it be my earnest endeavour to employ that short portion of life which yet remains to me , in such a ...
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... mind was to implicit faith and gloomy fanaticism : -we must , therefore , be allowed to entertain very serious doubts of the existence of this alleged combination against the doctrines of Christianity . ART . II . The Effects of ...
... mind was to implicit faith and gloomy fanaticism : -we must , therefore , be allowed to entertain very serious doubts of the existence of this alleged combination against the doctrines of Christianity . ART . II . The Effects of ...
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Page 35 - Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.
Page 35 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off...
Page 96 - He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity : he that killeth with the sword, must be killed with the sword.
Page 245 - ... secure. The utmost powers of the man are constrained into the service of the favourite Cause by this passion, which sweeps away, as it advances, all the trivial objections and little opposing motives, and seems almost to open a way through impossibilities. This spirit comes on him in the morning as soon as he recovers his consciousness, and commands and impels him through the day with a power from which he could not emancipate himself if he would. When the force of habit is added, the determination...
Page 246 - He received a few pence for the labour ; and then, in pursuance of the saving part of his plan, requested some small gratuity of meat and drink, which was given him. He then looked out for the next thing that might chance to offer...
Page 65 - I dreamt not then that, ere the rolling year Had fill'd its circle, I should wander here In musing awe ; should tread this wondrous world, See all its store of inland waters hurl'd In one vast volume down Niagara's steep, Or calm behold them, in transparent sleep, Where the blue hills of old Toronto shed Their evening shadows o'er Ontario's bed...
Page 245 - I describe as a capital feature of the decisive character. The Subject of such a commanding passion wonders, if indeed he were at leisure to wonder, at the persons who pretend to attach importance to an object which they make none but the most languid efforts to secure. The utmost powers of the man are constrained into the service of the favourite Cause by this passion, which sweeps away, as it advances, all the trivial objections and little opposing motives, and seems almost to open a way through...
Page 58 - State shall be and remain separate, and that no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office of public trust under the United States.
Page 245 - Reduced to absolute want, he one day went out of the house with an intention to put an end to his life ; but wandering awhile almost unconsciously, he came to the brow of an eminence which overlooked what were lately his estates. Here he sat down, and remained fixed in thought a number of hours, at the end of which he sprang from the ground with a vehement, exulting emotion.
Page 395 - H. — The first Folio, in my opinion, is the only edition worth regarding. And it is much to be wished, that an edition of Shakespeare were given literatim according to the first Folio : which is now become so scarce and dear, that few persons can obtain it. For, by the presumptuous licence of the dwarfish commentators, who are for ever cutting him down to their own size, we risque the loss of Shakespeare's genuine text ; which that Folio assuredly contains ; notwithstanding some few slight errors...