Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal EnlargedRalph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1820 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... possessed a mind so entirely exempt from every sordid passion , so negligent of fortune , and all its grovelling pursuits in a word , so entirely disinterested -nor ever owned a spirit more firmly and nobly in- dependent . I speak of ...
... possessed a mind so entirely exempt from every sordid passion , so negligent of fortune , and all its grovelling pursuits in a word , so entirely disinterested -nor ever owned a spirit more firmly and nobly in- dependent . I speak of ...
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... possessed as much judgment as he has manifested imagination and poetry in this work , he would have avoided the bad taste of arranging and con- ducting his subject on the model of any living author whatever . We have seldom seen more ...
... possessed as much judgment as he has manifested imagination and poetry in this work , he would have avoided the bad taste of arranging and con- ducting his subject on the model of any living author whatever . We have seldom seen more ...
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... possessing terms more vague and undefined than those of science , are ever liable to give rise to different meanings in the minds of those who make use of them ; and we are at present not without strong sus- picions that Mr. B. and Mr ...
... possessing terms more vague and undefined than those of science , are ever liable to give rise to different meanings in the minds of those who make use of them ; and we are at present not without strong sus- picions that Mr. B. and Mr ...
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... possessed over him was astonishing , and sometimes irksome to himself , without his having the power to release him- self from the thraldom . ' This is enough for the novel mode of recommending moral truth , which is adopted by the ...
... possessed over him was astonishing , and sometimes irksome to himself , without his having the power to release him- self from the thraldom . ' This is enough for the novel mode of recommending moral truth , which is adopted by the ...
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... possessing so inquisitive a turn of mind . Even at this distant period , it will be read with interest . During part of the time when Charles II . held his court at St. Germains , Mr. Evelyn resided at Paris , occa- sionally coming over ...
... possessing so inquisitive a turn of mind . Even at this distant period , it will be read with interest . During part of the time when Charles II . held his court at St. Germains , Mr. Evelyn resided at Paris , occa- sionally coming over ...
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Seite 21 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Seite 172 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets.
Seite 396 - And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all...
Seite 408 - That hath a mint of phrases in his brain : One, whom the music of his own vain tongue Doth ravish, like enchanting harmony...
Seite 410 - Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
Seite 432 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Seite 345 - Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden ; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day ; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
Seite 125 - God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above 10,000 houses all in one flame! The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches was like a hideous storm; and the air all about so hot and inflamed that at the last one was not able to approach it...
Seite 226 - Recorded honours shall gather round his monument. and thicken over him. It is a solid fabric, and will support the laurels that adorn it. I am not conversant in the language of panegyric. These praises are extorted from me ; but they will wear well, for they have been dearly earned.
Seite 464 - When, in the progress of society, land of the second degree of fertility is taken into cultivation, rent immediately commences on that of the first quality, and the amount of that rent will depend on the difference in the quality of these two portions of land.