The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 76R. Griffiths, 1787 - Books |
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... less than eight . But the errors of grammarians have arifen from fuppofing all words to be immediately , either the figns of THINGS , or the figns of IDEAS ; whereas , in fact , many words are merely abbreviations employed for difpatch ...
... less than eight . But the errors of grammarians have arifen from fuppofing all words to be immediately , either the figns of THINGS , or the figns of IDEAS ; whereas , in fact , many words are merely abbreviations employed for difpatch ...
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... less than the fubtenfe of the angle here men- tioned . Yet the diftances between luminous bodies is not visible when that distance fubtends a small angle , witnefs Dr. Herfchel's obfervations on double ftars , & c . the angular diftance ...
... less than the fubtenfe of the angle here men- tioned . Yet the diftances between luminous bodies is not visible when that distance fubtends a small angle , witnefs Dr. Herfchel's obfervations on double ftars , & c . the angular diftance ...
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... less height , accord- ing to the degree of fufion the fteel has been in ; if it has been in a ftrong heat and thin fufion , the bar of caft fteel will be an inch in thirty - fix fhorter than when the fufion has been lefs perfect . On ...
... less height , accord- ing to the degree of fufion the fteel has been in ; if it has been in a ftrong heat and thin fufion , the bar of caft fteel will be an inch in thirty - fix fhorter than when the fufion has been lefs perfect . On ...
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... less abundant , and also not to be li- mited to any regular time of publication ; but now , we think , the numbers are pretty uniform , and that the time of publication is alfo tolerably regular . Mr. Young appears here in two ...
... less abundant , and also not to be li- mited to any regular time of publication ; but now , we think , the numbers are pretty uniform , and that the time of publication is alfo tolerably regular . Mr. Young appears here in two ...
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... less is faid , the better ; but to Sheridan greater attention is given , and ample tribute is paid to fo rare and fo matchlefs a combination of talents . There , a temperate and a winning elocution , fuf- tained by claffic elegance ...
... less is faid , the better ; but to Sheridan greater attention is given , and ample tribute is paid to fo rare and fo matchlefs a combination of talents . There , a temperate and a winning elocution , fuf- tained by claffic elegance ...
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