Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volume 41Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1769 - Periodicals Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... common aufterity of manners , and for thofe exceffes of fuperftitious devotion , which are the proper characteristics of the monaftic life . But notwithstanding thefe extravagancies , to which weak and enthufiaftic minds alone are ...
... common aufterity of manners , and for thofe exceffes of fuperftitious devotion , which are the proper characteristics of the monaftic life . But notwithstanding thefe extravagancies , to which weak and enthufiaftic minds alone are ...
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... common . Having failed from Corunna , as has already been related , he fteered his courfe directly towards England , and relying wholly on Henry's generofity for his own fafety , landed at Dover . This unex- pected vifit furprized the ...
... common . Having failed from Corunna , as has already been related , he fteered his courfe directly towards England , and relying wholly on Henry's generofity for his own fafety , landed at Dover . This unex- pected vifit furprized the ...
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... common affafoetida of our shops is inferior to that which was so much esteemed by the antient Greeks and Romans , or even what is now used by the Afiatics . Dr. Millar attributes this difference to adulteration : and we apprehend there ...
... common affafoetida of our shops is inferior to that which was so much esteemed by the antient Greeks and Romans , or even what is now used by the Afiatics . Dr. Millar attributes this difference to adulteration : and we apprehend there ...
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... common perfon upon matters wherein he has been conftantly converfant from his childhood ; nor even here do I with my word might be taken any farther than fhall appear reasonable in the judgment of the hearer . ' If we object to any ...
... common perfon upon matters wherein he has been conftantly converfant from his childhood ; nor even here do I with my word might be taken any farther than fhall appear reasonable in the judgment of the hearer . ' If we object to any ...
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... common turn of our language we seem to claim an activity in the exercifes of our understanding too : for we generally exprefs them by active verbs . - Yet a very little confideration may fhew us , that in all fenfations at least , the ...
... common turn of our language we seem to claim an activity in the exercifes of our understanding too : for we generally exprefs them by active verbs . - Yet a very little confideration may fhew us , that in all fenfations at least , the ...
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Page 381 - AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot, Or garden tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 552 - In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates...
Page 552 - Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will lift up My hand to the Gentiles, and set up My standard to the people : and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
Page 99 - And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet 14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.
Page 5 - ... giving vent to his indignation and complaints. He lamented the fate of his country, and foretold the calamities which it would suffer from the insolence, the rapaciousness, and ignorance of strangers.
Page 87 - The service for the dead was chanted, and Charles joined in the prayers which were offered up for the rest of his soul, mingling his tears with those which his attendants shed, as if they had been celebrating a real funeral.
Page 89 - Though destitute of that bewitching affability of manners, which gained Francis the hearts of all who approached his person, he was no stranger to the virtues which secure fidelity and attachment.
Page 105 - And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them : for that is delivered unto me ; and to whomsoever I will, I give it. 7 If thou, therefore, wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
Page 231 - SHAKSPEARE's matchless pen, Like Alexander's sword, had done with men; He heav'd no sigh, he made no moan, Not limited to human kind, He fir'd his wonder-teeming mind, Rais'd other worlds, and beings of his own!
Page 85 - March, in the fifty-third year of his age, and the thirtytfeird of his reign. During twenty-eight years of that time, an avowed rivalship subsisted between him and the emperor, which involved not only their own dominions, but the greater part of Europe, in wars, which were prosecuted with more violent animosity, and drawn out to a greater length, than had been known in any former -period.