Monthly Review; Or New Literary JournalR. Griffiths., 1814 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... king of Rome . Being of foreign extraction , he deemed it necessary for the consolidation of his power to attach to himself the secondary orders of the state ; and he accordingly found means to introduce into the senate one hundred ...
... king of Rome . Being of foreign extraction , he deemed it necessary for the consolidation of his power to attach to himself the secondary orders of the state ; and he accordingly found means to introduce into the senate one hundred ...
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... kings was attended with little other change in the Ro- man government than the creation of an annual magistracy , in lieu of a magistracy for life ; the distribution of the legislative , executive , and judicative powers remaining very ...
... kings was attended with little other change in the Ro- man government than the creation of an annual magistracy , in lieu of a magistracy for life ; the distribution of the legislative , executive , and judicative powers remaining very ...
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... kings , several of whom were of humble extraction : but the pride of the patricians strongly resisted this additional demand , and led to a proposi- tion , by way of compromise , for appointing military tribunes with consular power ; a ...
... kings , several of whom were of humble extraction : but the pride of the patricians strongly resisted this additional demand , and led to a proposi- tion , by way of compromise , for appointing military tribunes with consular power ; a ...
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... king of Pergamus , having died about this time ( year of the city 620 ) , and left the Roman Re- public his heir , Tiberius prevailed on the people to retain the disposal of the effects of the deceased monarch ; a most mor- tifying blow ...
... king of Pergamus , having died about this time ( year of the city 620 ) , and left the Roman Re- public his heir , Tiberius prevailed on the people to retain the disposal of the effects of the deceased monarch ; a most mor- tifying blow ...
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... king who ventured to oppose what Luther considered the word of God , seemed to him no more exempted from severe epi- thets than the humblest of his adversaries . However we may censure the length to which his freedom was carried , the ...
... king who ventured to oppose what Luther considered the word of God , seemed to him no more exempted from severe epi- thets than the humblest of his adversaries . However we may censure the length to which his freedom was carried , the ...
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Seite 235 - Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place ; for where we are is hell, And where hell is there must we ever be: And, to conclude, when all the world dissolves, And every creature shall be purified, All places shall be hell that is not heaven.
Seite 309 - Till now I never understood the reason of the policy and prudence of the Spaniards in suffering the Inquisition among them; and certainly it will never be well with us till something like unto the Spanish Inquisition be in England.
Seite 235 - Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium ? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss! Her lips suck forth my soul ! See, where it flies ! Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will I dwell, for Heaven is in these lips, And all is dross that is not Helena.
Seite 228 - In perusing a corrupted piece he must have before him all possibilities of meaning, with all possibilities of expression. Such must be his comprehension of thought, and such his copiousness of language. Out of many readings possible he must be able to select that which best suits with the state, opinions, and modes of language prevailing in every age, and with his authour's particular cast of thought and turn of expression. Such must be his knowledge, and such his taste.
Seite 229 - Ah, Faustus, Now hast thou but one bare hour to live, And then thou must be damn'd perpetually! Stand still, you ever-moving spheres of Heaven, That time may cease, and midnight never come; Fair Nature's eye, rise, rise again and make Perpetual day; or let this hour be but A year, a month, a week, a natural day, That Faustus may repent and save his soul!
Seite 314 - I have, and for my business here, know that after many waitings, watchings, solicitings, and disputes in council, this day my country was confirmed to me under the great seal of England, with large powers and privileges, by the name of Pennsylvania ; a name the king would give it in honor of my father.
Seite 315 - ... would have the people live; and then you have right and boldness to punish the transgressor. Keep upon the square, for God sees you; therefore do your duty; and be sure you see with your own eyes, and hear with your own ears. Entertain no lurchers; cherish no informers for gain or revenge; use no tricks, fly to no devices to support or cover injustice, but let your hearts be upright before the Lord, trusting in Him above the contrivances of men, and none shall be able to hurt or supplant.
Seite 139 - The fermentation and putrefaction of organized substances in the free atmosphere, are noxious processes; beneath the surface of the ground they are salutary operations. " In this case, the food of plants is prepared where it can be used ; and that which would offend the senses and injure the health, if exposed, is converted by gradual processes into forms of beauty and of usefulness ; the fetid gas is rendered a constituent of the aroma of the flower, and what might be poison, becomes nourishment...
Seite 315 - God, loving the peop:e, and hating covetousness. Let justice have its impartial course, and the law free passage. Though to your loss, protect no man against it ; for you are not above the law, but the law above you.
Seite 310 - I ask, if it be according to the fundamental laws of England, that any Englishman should be fined or amerced but by the judgment of his peers or jury; since it expressly contradicts the 14th and 29th chapters of the Great Charter of England, which say, " No freeman ought to be amerced but by the oath of good and lawful men of the vicinage.