Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal EnlargedRalph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1800 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... heads , where they terminate in small streams from among the sand - hills . The banks of the creeks at their mouths are of the same height as those of the river close by , from five perhaps to twelve feet above the water in the dry ...
... heads , where they terminate in small streams from among the sand - hills . The banks of the creeks at their mouths are of the same height as those of the river close by , from five perhaps to twelve feet above the water in the dry ...
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... head . Like the elder Cato , and the elder Scaliger , he went late to the study of Greek . He had acquired such knowledge of Italian as to be able to com- pose a treatise in that language . Prince Eugene spoke to him in Italian , but ...
... head . Like the elder Cato , and the elder Scaliger , he went late to the study of Greek . He had acquired such knowledge of Italian as to be able to com- pose a treatise in that language . Prince Eugene spoke to him in Italian , but ...
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... head per annum : -That , in the first half year of the new direction , ending at Christmas 1797 , the average expence for the same purposes was at the rate of 51. 4s . 11d . per per head per annum ; -and , from December 25th ( 25 )
... head per annum : -That , in the first half year of the new direction , ending at Christmas 1797 , the average expence for the same purposes was at the rate of 51. 4s . 11d . per per head per annum ; -and , from December 25th ( 25 )
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... head . This great saving of expence was principally ef fected by a reform in the dietary of the house , which under- went a strict examination ; when it was discovered , that , from the quality of the food , the mode of distribution ...
... head . This great saving of expence was principally ef fected by a reform in the dietary of the house , which under- went a strict examination ; when it was discovered , that , from the quality of the food , the mode of distribution ...
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... head of population , it is difficult to be accurate : but authors who venture to state the population of a county should particularly explain their mode of calculation , and should take some pains to verify it by the actual enumeration ...
... head of population , it is difficult to be accurate : but authors who venture to state the population of a county should particularly explain their mode of calculation , and should take some pains to verify it by the actual enumeration ...
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Page 184 - A WOMAN'S face with Nature's own hand painted Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion; A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted With shifting change, as is false women's fashion; An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling, Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth; A man in hue all hues in his controlling, Which steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth.
Page 351 - And should my youth, as youth is apt I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree.
Page 350 - Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarm'd the pointless leaves appear.
Page 249 - But it is a miracle that a dead man should come to life, because that has never been observed in any age or country.
Page 257 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 184 - hues" in his controlling, Which steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth. And for a woman wert thou first created, Till Nature as she wrought thee fell a-doting And by addition me of thee defeated, By adding one thing to my purpose nothing. But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure, Mine be thy love, and thy love's use their treasure.
Page 191 - Being has this peculiar property; that, as it admits of no substitute, so, from the first moment it is formed, it is capable of continual growth and enlargement. God himself is immutable; but our conception of his character is continually receiving fresh accessions, is continually growing more extended and refulgent, by having transferred to it new elements of...
Page 425 - Ireland have severally agreed and resolved, that, in order to promote and secure the essential interests of Great Britain and Ireland, and to consolidate the strength, power, and resources of the British Empire, it will be advisable to concur in such measures as may best tend to unite the two kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland...
Page 351 - So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng, So would I seem among the young and gay More grave than they, That in my age as cheerful I might be As the green winter of the Holly Tree, III LORD WILLIAM.
Page 350 - twas a famous victory.' The Holly Tree. 0 reader ! hast thou ever stood to see The holly tree ? The eye that contemplates it, well perceives Its glossy leaves Ordered by an intelligence so wise As might confound the atheist's sophistries. Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen ; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and...