The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 23R. Griffiths, 1760 - Books |
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... called polite company ; whilft Efchylus , So- phocles , and Euripides ftill lurk in fchools and colleges ; ⚫ and very seldom make their appearance , at least with dirty ⚫ leaves , in the libraries of the Great . ' This complaint , we ...
... called polite company ; whilft Efchylus , So- phocles , and Euripides ftill lurk in fchools and colleges ; ⚫ and very seldom make their appearance , at least with dirty ⚫ leaves , in the libraries of the Great . ' This complaint , we ...
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... called an Episode , or addi- tional part ; confifting often of different adventures , which had no connection with each other . Thus the Chorus or ' Song , which was at first the only , and afterwards the prin- cipal performance ...
... called an Episode , or addi- tional part ; confifting often of different adventures , which had no connection with each other . Thus the Chorus or ' Song , which was at first the only , and afterwards the prin- cipal performance ...
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... called the prince of ancient dramatic poets ; his fables , at leaft of all those tragedies now extant , are interefting and well chofen , his plots regular and well conducted ; his fentiments elegant , • noble and fublime ; his ...
... called the prince of ancient dramatic poets ; his fables , at leaft of all those tragedies now extant , are interefting and well chofen , his plots regular and well conducted ; his fentiments elegant , • noble and fublime ; his ...
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... called for , much lefs played , at any other time , or any other occafion . Though , it is always with fome reluctance , that we take notice of any inelegancies of ftile , or grammatical errors , yet our duty as Reviewers obliges us not ...
... called for , much lefs played , at any other time , or any other occafion . Though , it is always with fome reluctance , that we take notice of any inelegancies of ftile , or grammatical errors , yet our duty as Reviewers obliges us not ...
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... called Ebal in all the Hebrew copies , both in Deut . and in the correspondent paffage in Joshua , where we have an account of the execution of thefe orders . It has , therefore , been hitherto acknowledged , even by the greatest ...
... called Ebal in all the Hebrew copies , both in Deut . and in the correspondent paffage in Joshua , where we have an account of the execution of thefe orders . It has , therefore , been hitherto acknowledged , even by the greatest ...
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