Monthly Review; Or New Literary JournalR. Griffiths., 1791 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... opinion of the pre - eminence to which they were raised by civi- lization and fcience , that they feem hardly to have acknowledged the rest of mankind to be of the fame fpecies with themselves . To every other people they gave the ...
... opinion of the pre - eminence to which they were raised by civi- lization and fcience , that they feem hardly to have acknowledged the rest of mankind to be of the fame fpecies with themselves . To every other people they gave the ...
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... opinion of their own pre- eminence , that they have always viewed and treated them as an in- ferior race of men . Happy would it be if any of the four European nations , who have , fucceffively , acquired extenfive territories and power ...
... opinion of their own pre- eminence , that they have always viewed and treated them as an in- ferior race of men . Happy would it be if any of the four European nations , who have , fucceffively , acquired extenfive territories and power ...
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... opinion on the fubject . It might , perhaps , be deemed great prefumption in us to do it , even if the matter had been put in the plainest point of view that it will admit . We will however venture to fay , that it does not appear from ...
... opinion on the fubject . It might , perhaps , be deemed great prefumption in us to do it , even if the matter had been put in the plainest point of view that it will admit . We will however venture to fay , that it does not appear from ...
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... opinion , very fatisfactorily , the true Indian nard , fo much celebrated among the ancients both as a medicine and as a perfume . The difcovery was made by his brother in India , and the circumstances attending it are remarkable ...
... opinion , very fatisfactorily , the true Indian nard , fo much celebrated among the ancients both as a medicine and as a perfume . The difcovery was made by his brother in India , and the circumstances attending it are remarkable ...
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... opinion of Spalanzani , who affirms that the ftones , which are fwallowed by birds with their food , are picked up by mere accident , the animals miftaking them for feeds . Dr. Fordyce not only denies this from experiments which he has ...
... opinion of Spalanzani , who affirms that the ftones , which are fwallowed by birds with their food , are picked up by mere accident , the animals miftaking them for feeds . Dr. Fordyce not only denies this from experiments which he has ...
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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 232 - Peace as is aforesaid, for setting to work the Children of all such whose Parents shall not by the said Churchwardens and Overseers, or the greater Part of them, be thought able to keep and maintain their Children...
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Página 402 - I sucked, seemed to favour my mother's dream ; for, as she has often told me, I threw away my rattle before I was two months old, and would not make use of my coral till they had taken away the bells from it. As for the rest of my infancy, there being nothing in it remarkable, I shall pass it over in silence.
Página 22 - Sweet drop of pure and pearly light! In thee the rays of Virtue shine ; More calmly clear, more mildly bright, Than any gem that gilds the mine.
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Página 185 - The first settler in the woods is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts of the State.
Página 23 - Nor avarice sends him forth in quest Of climes beneath the sun. Short is our span ; then why engage In schemes for which man's transient...