Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volumen 44Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1771 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... appears to have prostituted his name , to give reputation to a work , full of errors , unequal , and often inconfiftent . the feveral editions which this tranflation has undergone , the defects of it have been partly increafed , and ...
... appears to have prostituted his name , to give reputation to a work , full of errors , unequal , and often inconfiftent . the feveral editions which this tranflation has undergone , the defects of it have been partly increafed , and ...
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... appears to include all the information that can be collected on this fubject ; and in which we must do them the justice to remark , there is a liberality of fentiment that could proceed only from men whose understandings have been amply ...
... appears to include all the information that can be collected on this fubject ; and in which we must do them the justice to remark , there is a liberality of fentiment that could proceed only from men whose understandings have been amply ...
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... appears against him ; or rather to the reluctance which they have fhewn to that praise which they feemed to have felt that he deferved when the commonwealth was no more , and the fupporters of its in- terefts had fallen with it , then ...
... appears against him ; or rather to the reluctance which they have fhewn to that praise which they feemed to have felt that he deferved when the commonwealth was no more , and the fupporters of its in- terefts had fallen with it , then ...
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... appears to have been fpirited and daring ; and the ac- counts of authentic hiftorians are a furer criterion from which to judge of his character , than the reproaches of a declared ene- my . His behaviour at the fiege of Mutina , in the ...
... appears to have been fpirited and daring ; and the ac- counts of authentic hiftorians are a furer criterion from which to judge of his character , than the reproaches of a declared ene- my . His behaviour at the fiege of Mutina , in the ...
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Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths. Our Author appears to have informed himself with more care ; and the candour , which is fo apparent in bis work , will not per- mit the moft fcrupulous reader to fufpect his veracity . This ...
Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths. Our Author appears to have informed himself with more care ; and the candour , which is fo apparent in bis work , will not per- mit the moft fcrupulous reader to fufpect his veracity . This ...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volumen 6 Ralph Griffiths,George Edward Griffiths Vista completa - 1752 |
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Página 264 - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
Página 290 - And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
Página 362 - who takes for his model such forms as nature produces, and confines himself to an exact imitation of them, will never attain to what is perfectly beautiful. For the works of nature are full of disproportion, and fall very short of the true standard of beauty. So that Phidias, when he formed his Jupiter, did not copy any object ever presented to his sight; but contemplated only that image which he had conceived in his mind from Homer's description.
Página 321 - When he had once provided for his safety by impenetrable secrecy, he had nothing to combat but truth and justice, enemies whom he knows to be feeble in the dark. Being then at liberty to indulge himself in all the immunities of invisibility; out of the reach of danger, he has been bold; out of the reach of shame, he has been confident.
Página 262 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven...
Página 290 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Página 263 - The crimson cloud, blue main, and mountain grey, •And lake, dim-gleaming on the smoky lawn : Far to the west the long long vale withdrawn, Where twilight loves to linger for a while ; And now he faintly kens the bounding fawn, And villager abroad at early toil. But lo ! the Sun appears ! and heaven, earth, ocean, smile.
Página 362 - This idea of the perfect state of nature, which the Artist calls ' the Ideal Beauty, is the great leading principle by which works of genius are conducted.
Página 184 - ... policy. Sad experience and a large mind taught that great man, the President De Thou, this doctrine. Let any man read the many admirable things which, though a Papist, he hath...
Página 364 - It is not in the Hercules, nor in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo ; but in that form which is taken from all, and which partakes equally of the activity of the Gladiator, of the delicacy of the Apollo, and of the muscular strength of the Hercules.