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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... known as a veteran soldier , was observed to rush suddenly into the forum , and , exhibiting his back mangled with stripes , was heard to call aloud for protection against his cruel creditor : when the emotion excited by this spectacle ...
... known as a veteran soldier , was observed to rush suddenly into the forum , and , exhibiting his back mangled with stripes , was heard to call aloud for protection against his cruel creditor : when the emotion excited by this spectacle ...
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... known to be noticed in this place . Though baffled on this occasion , the Senate continued to resist the ap- plication of the Plebeians for a re - partition of the newly con- quered lands ; and , though they had consented to grant a re ...
... known to be noticed in this place . Though baffled on this occasion , the Senate continued to resist the ap- plication of the Plebeians for a re - partition of the newly con- quered lands ; and , though they had consented to grant a re ...
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... known cases of Lucretia and Virginia , we find that the tyrannical exercise of the power of the creditor over the debtor was strongly checked by recur- rences of this description . The law enabled the creditor not merely to imprison his ...
... known cases of Lucretia and Virginia , we find that the tyrannical exercise of the power of the creditor over the debtor was strongly checked by recur- rences of this description . The law enabled the creditor not merely to imprison his ...
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... reputation of learn- ing , his name soon became known to the superiors in his own order , and through them to the court of Saxony ; and Frederick the the Elector , surnamed the Sage , having founded an 20 Bower's Life of Luther .
... reputation of learn- ing , his name soon became known to the superiors in his own order , and through them to the court of Saxony ; and Frederick the the Elector , surnamed the Sage , having founded an 20 Bower's Life of Luther .
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... known to the readers of history . One of his remarkable characteristics was a disposition to advance in the progress of change more gradu- ally than we might have expected from the vehemence of his temper . He was the last person who ...
... known to the readers of history . One of his remarkable characteristics was a disposition to advance in the progress of change more gradu- ally than we might have expected from the vehemence of his temper . He was the last person who ...
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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.