Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal EnlargedRalph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1822 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... existence ; that is , through her first state , previously to the lapse of Proserpine ; secondly , through her earthly transit ; and , lastly , in Tartarus . The allusion to Acteon is here therefore particularly in point , whom we may ...
... existence ; that is , through her first state , previously to the lapse of Proserpine ; secondly , through her earthly transit ; and , lastly , in Tartarus . The allusion to Acteon is here therefore particularly in point , whom we may ...
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... existence . He says expressly , " There is one right which a man has been generally thought to possess , which I am sure he neither does nor can possess ; a right to subsist- ence when his labour will not fairly purchase it - this is ...
... existence . He says expressly , " There is one right which a man has been generally thought to possess , which I am sure he neither does nor can possess ; a right to subsist- ence when his labour will not fairly purchase it - this is ...
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... existence are at hand , but are withheld ; for he says , that even in times of scarcity , " the poor would be liberally re- lieved , " would not be permitted to die of hunger . No such right as Mr. Malthus speaks of was ever instituted ...
... existence are at hand , but are withheld ; for he says , that even in times of scarcity , " the poor would be liberally re- lieved , " would not be permitted to die of hunger . No such right as Mr. Malthus speaks of was ever instituted ...
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... existence of inflammation of the encephalon . Nothing , indeed , can be more varying and uncertain than the opinions of medical men as to the comparative turgescence of blood- vessels , or the number of red points which appear on ...
... existence of inflammation of the encephalon . Nothing , indeed , can be more varying and uncertain than the opinions of medical men as to the comparative turgescence of blood- vessels , or the number of red points which appear on ...
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... existence , but how much more dreadfully do they act upon families in cultivated life ? How inexpressible must be their pangs , when with all the more re- fined feelings inspired by civilization brutal ravishment is the al- most certain ...
... existence , but how much more dreadfully do they act upon families in cultivated life ? How inexpressible must be their pangs , when with all the more re- fined feelings inspired by civilization brutal ravishment is the al- most certain ...
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Página 311 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ;—no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him ;— no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down -,—no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body swells...
Página 310 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Página 310 - I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with, and inseparable from, British soil ; which proclaims even to the stranger and the sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation.
Página 419 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Página 311 - EMANCIPATION. No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ;—no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have...
Página 16 - The warlike steed is multiplied, we find, To wasps, and hornets of the warrior kind. Cut from a crab his crooked claws, and hide The rest in earth, a scorpion thence will glide, And shoot his sting; his tail in circles toss'd, Refers the limbs his backward father lost.
Página 80 - ENGROSSING was also described to be the getting into one's possession, or buying up, large quantities of corn, or other dead victuals, with intent to sell them again. This must of course be injurious to the public, by putting it in the power of one or two rich men to raise the price of provisions at their own discretion.
Página 151 - American bard, how far he can prudently observe it, and what success has crowned the efforts of those, who in their compositions have shown that they have not been unmindful of it, is perhaps not worth the inquiry. " Does it not appear to you, that, to give poetry a popular currency and universal reputation, a particular cast of manners and state of civilization is necessary? I have sometimes thought so, but perhaps it is an error, and the want of popular poems argues only the demerit of those who...
Página 360 - With this view, we strongly recommend instructors to supply themselves, when teaching the classics, with ancient maps and plans, and •with plates or drawings of ships, temples, houses, altars, domestic and sacred utensils, robes, and of every object of which they are likely to read. A classical garden, too, or a collection of plants and shrubs mentioned by the poets, would be a desirable accession to a school; nor would a collection of models of ancient warlike machinery be less useful. It is impossible...
Página 86 - Where the common law and a statute differ, the common law gives place to the statute . and an old statute gives place to a new one : and this upon a general principle of universal law, that " leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant ;" consonant to which it was laid down by a law of the Twelve Tables at Rome, that " quod populus postumum jussit, id jus ratum esto.