The Monthly Review, Or, Literary JournalR. Griffiths, 1810 - Books |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 19
Page 384
... Persia to wear a shirt a month , or a pair of trowsers half a year . A Persian soldier , armed cap - à - pie , is of all figures the most ridiculous . It is really laughable to see how they encumber them- selves with weapons of defence ...
... Persia to wear a shirt a month , or a pair of trowsers half a year . A Persian soldier , armed cap - à - pie , is of all figures the most ridiculous . It is really laughable to see how they encumber them- selves with weapons of defence ...
Page 387
... Persian language , familiar with the national habits and prejudices , and indefatigable in performing himself those functions which Envoys generally commit to interpreters . It was therefore with great satisfaction that we lately ...
... Persian language , familiar with the national habits and prejudices , and indefatigable in performing himself those functions which Envoys generally commit to interpreters . It was therefore with great satisfaction that we lately ...
Page 450
... Persian story is but imperfectly known , we admit with him , also , that the author's record of that period offers little else than a series of bloody and wasteful catastrophes . We are at a loss to perceive how the public or ...
... Persian story is but imperfectly known , we admit with him , also , that the author's record of that period offers little else than a series of bloody and wasteful catastrophes . We are at a loss to perceive how the public or ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afford antient appears attention Bank Bank of England beautiful bullion called cause character Cicero circumstances Committee composition consequence considerable considered contains dialect Dissertation doctrine edition effect Eleusinian Mysteries Eleusis endeavour English Estremadura Etruscan expression extract favour Fingal former French Gaelic genius give Greek habits Herculaneum honour inhabitants instance interest knowlege labour language late learned letters Macpherson manner means ment mind moral nature notes notice object observations Old Castile opinion original Ossian passage perhaps Persian persons Pindar Plato poems poet poetry possessed present principles produced published racter readers reason remarks respect Roman says scarcely Scottish language scrofula seems seigniorage shew Sir John Sinclair society Spain species specimens style supposed taste thing tion town translation verse volume whole words writer Xativa