The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 38Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths R. Griffiths, 1768 - Books A monthly book announcement and review journal. Considered to be the first periodical in England to offer reviews. In each issue the longer reviews are in the front section followed by short reviews of lesser works. It featured the novelist and poet Oliver Goldsmith as an early contributor. Griffiths himself, and likely his wife Isabella Griffiths, contributed review articles to the periodical. Later contributors included Dr. Charles Burney, John Cleland, Theophilus Cibber, James Grainger, Anna Letitia Barbauld, Elizabeth Moody, and Tobias Smollet. |
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Page 166
... effect : and yet in many of his prints there is no effect at all ; which gives us reafon to think , he either had no prin- ciples ; or published fuch prints before his principles were ascertained . His execution is peculiar to himself ...
... effect : and yet in many of his prints there is no effect at all ; which gives us reafon to think , he either had no prin- ciples ; or published fuch prints before his principles were ascertained . His execution is peculiar to himself ...
Page 167
... effect ; which is often forpriling . One of the moft admired of them goes under the name of the three trees .'- The works of Hogarth abound in true humour ; and fatire , which is generally well directed : they are admirable moral ...
... effect ; which is often forpriling . One of the moft admired of them goes under the name of the three trees .'- The works of Hogarth abound in true humour ; and fatire , which is generally well directed : they are admirable moral ...
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... effect . Was the whole well cultivated and lively , being rather diftinct from the rest of the landscape , it would have a much better effect .. town . The last point , and which perhaps is equal to most of the preceding , is the alcove ...
... effect . Was the whole well cultivated and lively , being rather diftinct from the rest of the landscape , it would have a much better effect .. town . The last point , and which perhaps is equal to most of the preceding , is the alcove ...
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