The Monthly ReviewEditors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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Lysons ; the various articles of information being numerous , and the particulars
under each being both interesting and important . We cannot , however , say that
we judge so favourably of the arrangement , which appears to us confused and ...
Lysons ; the various articles of information being numerous , and the particulars
under each being both interesting and important . We cannot , however , say that
we judge so favourably of the arrangement , which appears to us confused and ...
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The more modern part of our account of the respective parishes has been
collected from personal observation and inquiry , aided by various information
respecting local circumstances , coinmu . . nicated by the clergy , and other
obliging ...
The more modern part of our account of the respective parishes has been
collected from personal observation and inquiry , aided by various information
respecting local circumstances , coinmu . . nicated by the clergy , and other
obliging ...
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intended as a country - seat for the bishop , and , being locally situated within the
diocese of Lichfield and Coventry , was , by the act of 33 Henry VIII . , ordained to
be within that of Chester ; the manor of Abbots - Cotton in Cheshire ; various ...
intended as a country - seat for the bishop , and , being locally situated within the
diocese of Lichfield and Coventry , was , by the act of 33 Henry VIII . , ordained to
be within that of Chester ; the manor of Abbots - Cotton in Cheshire ; various ...
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In the section on Antient Church - Architecture , the various modes of building in
the several churches are described , classed according to the centuries , in which
they were erected , and illustrated by plates , as mentioned in the account of ...
In the section on Antient Church - Architecture , the various modes of building in
the several churches are described , classed according to the centuries , in which
they were erected , and illustrated by plates , as mentioned in the account of ...
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the records at the Tower ; abstracts of the records in the exchequer at Chester ;
the collections of John Woodnoth , Esq . of Shavington ; Smith ' s , and various
other heraldic collections ; Dr . Williamson ' s Villare Cestriense ; Bishop Gastrell '
s ...
the records at the Tower ; abstracts of the records in the exchequer at Chester ;
the collections of John Woodnoth , Esq . of Shavington ; Smith ' s , and various
other heraldic collections ; Dr . Williamson ' s Villare Cestriense ; Bishop Gastrell '
s ...
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Page 501 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Page 381 - As I stole nearer, Invited by the melody, I saw This youth, this fair-faced youth, upon his lute, With strains of strange variety and harmony, Proclaiming, as it seem'd, so bold a challenge To the clear choristers of the woods, the birds, That, as they flock'd about him, all stood silent, Wond'ring at what they heard.
Page 381 - Whom art had never taught cliffs, moods, or notes, Should vie with him for mastery, whose study Had busied many hours to perfect practice : To end the controversy, in a rapture Upon his instrument he plays so swiftly, So many voluntaries, and so quick, That there was curiosity and cunning, Concord in discord, lines of differing method Meeting in one full centre of delight.
Page 385 - em on courageously. I read A triumph over tyranny upon Their several foreheads. Faint not in the moment Of victory ! our end.s, and Warwick's head, Innocent Warwick's head (for we are prologue But to his tragedy), conclude the wonder Of Henry's fears : and then the glorious race Of fourteen kings Plantagenets, determines In this last issue male.
Page 380 - To glorify their Tempe, bred in me • Desire of visiting that paradise. To Thessaly I came, and living private, Without acquaintance of more sweet companions, Than the old inmates to my love, my thoughts, I day by day frequented silent groves, And solitary walks.
Page 505 - And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel : and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
Page 57 - I'll never grudge my pains or toil, But pity the dull squires, my neighbours. George Ellis. TO LADY ANNE HAMILTON TOO late I stayed, forgive the crime, — Unheeded flew the hours; How noiseless falls the foot of Time That only treads on flowers!
Page 205 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 381 - He could not run division with more art Upon his quaking instrument, than she The nightingale did with her various notes Reply to.
Page 57 - OO late I stayed ! forgive the crime, — Unheeded flew the hours ; How noiseless falls the foot of Time That only treads on flowers ! What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of...
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| Title | The Monthly Review |
| Editors | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths |
| Publisher | R. Griffiths., 1812 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 22 May 2007 |
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