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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... supposed to have been introduced till considerable advance- ments had been made in geometry and astronomy . The first step in astronomy was made in Greece , 1140 years before the Christian æra ; and Hipparchus invented trigometry 130 ...
... supposed to have been introduced till considerable advance- ments had been made in geometry and astronomy . The first step in astronomy was made in Greece , 1140 years before the Christian æra ; and Hipparchus invented trigometry 130 ...
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... supposed that , consider- ing the people from whom I come , he is no Saint in my Calender- what I wish to know , was he a whig at bottom ? I have moral evi- dence which convinces me that another of that party , Lord Belhaven , C 3 had ...
... supposed that , consider- ing the people from whom I come , he is no Saint in my Calender- what I wish to know , was he a whig at bottom ? I have moral evi- dence which convinces me that another of that party , Lord Belhaven , C 3 had ...
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... supposed that perfect accuracy will be obtained at first : but , by the establishment of a system of inquiry respecting agri- culture , and the several branches of political economy , errors will gradually be corrected , and the truth ...
... supposed that perfect accuracy will be obtained at first : but , by the establishment of a system of inquiry respecting agri- culture , and the several branches of political economy , errors will gradually be corrected , and the truth ...
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... supposed to be ; and we ground this conjecture on the faci- lity with which we have raised and recruited our immense fleets and armies during a war of singular exertion . This , however , is not a place for discussing this topic ; and ...
... supposed to be ; and we ground this conjecture on the faci- lity with which we have raised and recruited our immense fleets and armies during a war of singular exertion . This , however , is not a place for discussing this topic ; and ...
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... supposed to increase a young lady's chance of a prize in the matrimonial lottery ; or because they are re sources against ennui , and afford continual amusement and in- nocent occupation . Their merit in all these respects is can ...
... supposed to increase a young lady's chance of a prize in the matrimonial lottery ; or because they are re sources against ennui , and afford continual amusement and in- nocent occupation . Their merit in all these respects is can ...
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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...