Monthly Review; Or New Literary JournalRalph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1812 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... seems sufficiently evident , that it was not till the reign of William the Conqueror , that Cheshire obtained the privileges of a county pa- latine ; that monarch having granted to his nephew , Hugh de Au- ranches , commonly called Hugh ...
... seems sufficiently evident , that it was not till the reign of William the Conqueror , that Cheshire obtained the privileges of a county pa- latine ; that monarch having granted to his nephew , Hugh de Au- ranches , commonly called Hugh ...
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... seems to be little resemblance between the Chester rows , and the vestibules of the Romans , whose houses were constructed only of one story . Some have attributed the origin of the rows to the period when Chester was liable to frequent ...
... seems to be little resemblance between the Chester rows , and the vestibules of the Romans , whose houses were constructed only of one story . Some have attributed the origin of the rows to the period when Chester was liable to frequent ...
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... seems to dictate . Seeking security in civil dissensions , in the balance of power , and in a com- plication of all the springs of the great political machine , the mother country foments incessantly the spirit of party and hatred among ...
... seems to dictate . Seeking security in civil dissensions , in the balance of power , and in a com- plication of all the springs of the great political machine , the mother country foments incessantly the spirit of party and hatred among ...
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... seems to be to the inhabitants of these regions what Rice is to the Indian and Corn to the European ; and perhaps no other plant on the globe can produce , in so small a space of ground , so consider- able a mass of nutritive substance ...
... seems to be to the inhabitants of these regions what Rice is to the Indian and Corn to the European ; and perhaps no other plant on the globe can produce , in so small a space of ground , so consider- able a mass of nutritive substance ...
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... seems to have been admitted into it , while every thing consistent with its plan has been carefully introduced , it may be safely followed as a model ( as far as it goes , ) by writers of similar publications . ART . VI . Geological ...
... seems to have been admitted into it , while every thing consistent with its plan has been carefully introduced , it may be safely followed as a model ( as far as it goes , ) by writers of similar publications . ART . VI . Geological ...
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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!
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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...