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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... Relations of War and Politics , & c . 445 Ansaver to Inquiry into the State of the Nation , 326 Armageddon , Battle of , 206 to , Vol . IV . 361 Armies , Medical Department of , Systém All Saints ' Church , Derby , a Poem , 430 Alley on ...
... Relations of War and Politics , & c . 445 Ansaver to Inquiry into the State of the Nation , 326 Armageddon , Battle of , 206 to , Vol . IV . 361 Armies , Medical Department of , Systém All Saints ' Church , Derby , a Poem , 430 Alley on ...
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... Relation of , 198 of Louis XIV . 469 of the National Institute , the Plague , 198 Vol . VI . 527 Testé , 537 Mendonça See Furtado . and Letters , & c . of Comte de Mendoza de Rios's Tables for Naviga- tion , 128 Mercury , Observations ...
... Relation of , 198 of Louis XIV . 469 of the National Institute , the Plague , 198 Vol . VI . 527 Testé , 537 Mendonça See Furtado . and Letters , & c . of Comte de Mendoza de Rios's Tables for Naviga- tion , 128 Mercury , Observations ...
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... Relation between the United States and Eng . land , 96 281 486 113 , 225 of Uses , 208 96 324 on our Commerce with the Con- tinent , Tasso's Jerusalem , new Edition , 439 TO'S Tekeli , a Melo - drame , 448 on the Husbandry and Com ...
... Relation between the United States and Eng . land , 96 281 486 113 , 225 of Uses , 208 96 324 on our Commerce with the Con- tinent , Tasso's Jerusalem , new Edition , 439 TO'S Tekeli , a Melo - drame , 448 on the Husbandry and Com ...
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... relation to many other infir- mities , to many other great men ; but if fortune is not influenced in my favour by the particulars already enumerated , I shall despair of ever recommending myself to her good graces . I once had some ...
... relation to many other infir- mities , to many other great men ; but if fortune is not influenced in my favour by the particulars already enumerated , I shall despair of ever recommending myself to her good graces . I once had some ...
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... relations of modern travellers ? Was not Europe barbarous in the middle age ? Let him call to mind the " Truce of God " of that period . Let him look over the newspapers of India , and he will learn that an unceasing war is carried on ...
... relations of modern travellers ? Was not Europe barbarous in the middle age ? Let him call to mind the " Truce of God " of that period . Let him look over the newspapers of India , and he will learn that an unceasing war is carried on ...
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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.
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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.
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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...