Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal EnlargedR. Griffiths., 1798 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... knowledge of land , but would say , that it was im possible that the average produce of the country could be increased during the second twenty - five years by a quantity equal to what it at present yields . Yet we will suppose this ...
... knowledge of land , but would say , that it was im possible that the average produce of the country could be increased during the second twenty - five years by a quantity equal to what it at present yields . Yet we will suppose this ...
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... knowledge , has scarce [ scare ly ] any objects for description to embel- lish , or events , to which narrative could give importance . If the detail of trivial particulars appear to be little deserving of transmission to posterity , it ...
... knowledge , has scarce [ scare ly ] any objects for description to embel- lish , or events , to which narrative could give importance . If the detail of trivial particulars appear to be little deserving of transmission to posterity , it ...
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... knowledge of the matter . Ovid makes Leander , at the approach of winter , intermit his visits , which was absolutely necessary to his plan of epistolary correspondence . I had no such view , and therefore drowned him in the first storm ...
... knowledge of the matter . Ovid makes Leander , at the approach of winter , intermit his visits , which was absolutely necessary to his plan of epistolary correspondence . I had no such view , and therefore drowned him in the first storm ...
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... knowledge , is the art which constitutes not the least indifferent part of the Ars Amandi of Ovid or of Bernard . ' Our readers will now be able to judge of the general merits . of this work . It must , however , be remembered that the ...
... knowledge , is the art which constitutes not the least indifferent part of the Ars Amandi of Ovid or of Bernard . ' Our readers will now be able to judge of the general merits . of this work . It must , however , be remembered that the ...
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... knowledge the affected manners of high life . They are short scenes of gen . teel comedy , which , when perfect , is the most rare of all pro- ductions . His papers in recommendation of Johnson's Dictionary were models of that polished ...
... knowledge the affected manners of high life . They are short scenes of gen . teel comedy , which , when perfect , is the most rare of all pro- ductions . His papers in recommendation of Johnson's Dictionary were models of that polished ...
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Página 268 - Dowagers as plenty as flounders inhabit all around, and Pope's ghost is just now skimming under my window by a most poetical moonlight.
Página 268 - ... Chenevixes had tricked it out for themselves: up two pair of stairs is what they call Mr. Chenevix's library, furnished with three maps, one shelf, a bust of Sir Isaac Newton, and a lame telescope without any glasses. Lord John Sackville -predecessed me here, and instituted certain games called cricketalia, which have been celebrated this very evening in honour of him in a neighbouring meadow.
Página 280 - My health advances faster than my amusement. However, I have been at one opera, Mr. Wesley's. They have boys and girls with charming voices, that sing hymns, in parts, to Scotch ballad tunes; but indeed so long, that one would think they were already in eternity, and knew how much time they had before them.
Página 230 - London is nothing to some people ; but to a man whose pleasure is intellectual, London is the place. And there is no place where economy can be so well practised as in London : more can be had here for the money, even by ladies, than anywhere else.
Página 172 - You know in England we read their works, but seldom or never take any notice of authors. We think them sufficiently paid if their books sell, and of course leave them to their colleges and obscurity, by which means we are not troubled with their vanity and impertinence.
Página 12 - The poet from th' historian can claim ! No ; Prior's verse posterity shall quote, When 'tis forgot ONE BURNET ever wrote.
Página 444 - Grease, and not paying due attention to cleanliness, incautiously bears his part in milking the Cows, with some particles of the infectious matter adhering to his fingers. When this is the case, it commonly happens that a disease is communicated to the Cows, and from the Cows to the Dairy-maids, which spreads through the farm until most of the cattle and domestics feel its unpleasant consequences.
Página 100 - COMUS, A MASK PRESENTED AT LUDLOW CASTLE 1634, BEFORE THE EARL OF BRIDGEWATER, THEN PRESIDENT OF WALES: BY JOHN MILTON.
Página 106 - New Itinerary ; or an accurate Delineation of the Great Roads, both Direct and Cross, throughout England and Wales ; with many of the Principal Roads in Scotland.
Página 493 - The state is now love's foe, love's foe; Has seized on his arms, his quiver and bow ; Has pinioned his wings, and fettered his feet, Because he made way for lovers to meet. But O sad chance, his judge was old; Hearts cruel grow when blood grows cold. No man being young his process would draw.