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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... those resolutions it inclines us to take , which we almost always have caufe to repent . You tell me nothing of Mrs. Wharton's or your own ftate of health : I will not talk to you more upon this fubject till I hear you are both well ...
... those resolutions it inclines us to take , which we almost always have caufe to repent . You tell me nothing of Mrs. Wharton's or your own ftate of health : I will not talk to you more upon this fubject till I hear you are both well ...
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... those who travel , because it is expected they should travel , fo his steps were judiciously directed to those parts where the greatest novelties were to be expected , and where the objects of his attention were likely to be more ...
... those who travel , because it is expected they should travel , fo his steps were judiciously directed to those parts where the greatest novelties were to be expected , and where the objects of his attention were likely to be more ...
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... those which frequently engage their attention . The column is not only one of the nobleft and moft graceful pieces of decoration , but in all round bodies , efpecially fuch as ftand infulated , there is a delicacy of pro- portion to be ...
... those which frequently engage their attention . The column is not only one of the nobleft and moft graceful pieces of decoration , but in all round bodies , efpecially fuch as ftand infulated , there is a delicacy of pro- portion to be ...
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... those which he fuppofes , to produce the venereal difeafe . In confequence of this theory , he propofes the inocu- lation of the itch upon the pox , with a view to mitigate the virulence of the latter , and to render it more tractable ...
... those which he fuppofes , to produce the venereal difeafe . In confequence of this theory , he propofes the inocu- lation of the itch upon the pox , with a view to mitigate the virulence of the latter , and to render it more tractable ...
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... those who are afflicted with Cancers , & c . With an Account of the Vienna Hemlock ; with which Dr. Stork did fo great good in Cancers , & c . & c . By Dr. Hill , Mem- ber of the Imperial Academy , & c . 8vo . 15. Baldwin . H AD this ...
... those who are afflicted with Cancers , & c . With an Account of the Vienna Hemlock ; with which Dr. Stork did fo great good in Cancers , & c . & c . By Dr. Hill , Mem- ber of the Imperial Academy , & c . 8vo . 15. Baldwin . H AD this ...
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Page 76 - The march of the human mind is slow. Sir, it was not until after two hundred years discovered that, by an eternal law, Providence had decreed vexation to violence, and poverty to rapine. Your ancestors did however at length open their eyes to the ill husbandry of injustice.
Page 391 - TAKE heed that the persons, whom ye present unto us, be apt and meet, for their learning and godly conversation, to exercise their Ministry duly, to the honour of God, and the edifying of his Church.
Page 75 - The irregular things done in the confusion of mighty troubles and on the hinge of great revolutions, even if all were done that is said to have been done, form no example. If they have any effect in argument they make an exception to prove the rule. None of your own liberties could stand a moment if the casual deviations from them at such times were suffered to be used as proofs of their nullity.
Page 103 - And in my breast the imperfect joys expire; Yet Morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure brings to happier men; The fields to all their wonted tribute bear; To warm their little loves the birds complain. I fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear And weep the more because I weep in vain.
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Page 78 - But, sir, your ancestors thought this sort of virtual representation, however ample, to be totally insufficient for the freedom of the inhabitants of territories that are so near, and comparatively so inconsiderable. How then can I think it sufficient for those which are infinitely greater, and infinitely more remote...
Page 73 - The question with me is, not whether you have a right to render your people miserable, but whether it is not your interest to make them happy.
Page 73 - It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do, but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. Is a politic act the worse for being a generous one? Is no concession proper but that which is made from your want of right to keep what you grant?
Page 486 - ... sworn to determine, not according to his own private judgment, but according to the known laws and customs of the land ; not delegated to pronounce a new law, but to maintain and expound the old one.
Page 103 - Flush'd with mirth and hope they burn: But none from Cattraeth's vale return, Save Aeron brave, and Conan strong (Bursting through the bloody throng), And I, the meanest...