Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged, Volume 53R. Griffiths., 1776 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... late Effay on the French Theatre , 607 M. MEMOIRS of the Royal Academy of Sciences , & c . at Berlin , Vol . II . 529 of the fame Academy , Vol . III . of the fame , Vol . IV . See HISTORY , 544 556 H. 573 HISTORY of the Royal Academy ...
... late Effay on the French Theatre , 607 M. MEMOIRS of the Royal Academy of Sciences , & c . at Berlin , Vol . II . 529 of the fame Academy , Vol . III . of the fame , Vol . IV . See HISTORY , 544 556 H. 573 HISTORY of the Royal Academy ...
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... late celebrated , and unhappy favourite , count Struenfee . I have made it my endeavour , fince my arrival here , to gain the most authentic and unprejudiced intelligence refpecting him , and the Iate extraordinary revolution which ...
... late celebrated , and unhappy favourite , count Struenfee . I have made it my endeavour , fince my arrival here , to gain the most authentic and unprejudiced intelligence refpecting him , and the Iate extraordinary revolution which ...
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... late well known revolution that took place in that country . The reader will be well entertained by Mr. W.'s defcrip- tion of Petersburg , the emprefs , her court , and palaces ; to- gether with his remarks on the character and conduct ...
... late well known revolution that took place in that country . The reader will be well entertained by Mr. W.'s defcrip- tion of Petersburg , the emprefs , her court , and palaces ; to- gether with his remarks on the character and conduct ...
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... late empress Eliza beth was one of these ponderous and maffy beauties , and fuch fhe appears in the portraits I have feen of her . Mr. W. gives an affecting description of the perilous state of Dantzick , the fuburbs of which are now ...
... late empress Eliza beth was one of these ponderous and maffy beauties , and fuch fhe appears in the portraits I have feen of her . Mr. W. gives an affecting description of the perilous state of Dantzick , the fuburbs of which are now ...
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... late enormously expenfive augmentation ; and it received addi- tional weight from the confideration of our internally defenceless ftate against foreign invafion , through the want of a landing at my , or a national militia , to compofe ...
... late enormously expenfive augmentation ; and it received addi- tional weight from the confideration of our internally defenceless ftate against foreign invafion , through the want of a landing at my , or a national militia , to compofe ...
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