The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 66Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths R. Griffiths, 1782 A monthly book announcement and review journal. Considered to be the first periodical in England to offer reviews. In each issue the longer reviews are in the front section followed by short reviews of lesser works. It featured the novelist and poet Oliver Goldsmith as an early contributor. Griffiths himself, and likely his wife Isabella Griffiths, contributed review articles to the periodical. Later contributors included Dr. Charles Burney, John Cleland, Theophilus Cibber, James Grainger, Anna Letitia Barbauld, Elizabeth Moody, and Tobias Smollet. |
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... should not overlook a practical improvement of the Eolian harp , which is defcribed , and has been executed by the Author . -inftead of fixing the ftrings to the outfide , ' fays the Author , I difpofe them upon a founding board or ...
... should not overlook a practical improvement of the Eolian harp , which is defcribed , and has been executed by the Author . -inftead of fixing the ftrings to the outfide , ' fays the Author , I difpofe them upon a founding board or ...
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... should not be decided to general fatisfaction . He next apologizes to the Bifhop for not making a reply fooner , declares the high refpect that he entertains for him , and affures him , that he esteems it an honour to difcufs a queftion ...
... should not be decided to general fatisfaction . He next apologizes to the Bifhop for not making a reply fooner , declares the high refpect that he entertains for him , and affures him , that he esteems it an honour to difcufs a queftion ...
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... should not have put to my account the journey back again as well as the journey thither , as one of them could not have been made without the other . 6. " From Capernaum to Nain 20. " 7 . " To Chorafin and Bethfaida 5. " This I do not ...
... should not have put to my account the journey back again as well as the journey thither , as one of them could not have been made without the other . 6. " From Capernaum to Nain 20. " 7 . " To Chorafin and Bethfaida 5. " This I do not ...
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... should be confidered that John had two diftinct commiffions , though the one was fubfervient to the other ; viz . the announcing the approach of the Meffiah , and the preaching of repentance . We read of foldiers and publicans applying ...
... should be confidered that John had two diftinct commiffions , though the one was fubfervient to the other ; viz . the announcing the approach of the Meffiah , and the preaching of repentance . We read of foldiers and publicans applying ...
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... should not urge it upon Herod ? The application of the foldiers and publicans to him was in confe- quence of his exhorting to repentance , because the kingdom of heaven was at hand . That John had no connection or interview with Herod ...
... should not urge it upon Herod ? The application of the foldiers and publicans to him was in confe- quence of his exhorting to repentance , because the kingdom of heaven was at hand . That John had no connection or interview with Herod ...
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Página 102 - ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the divine Majesty to worship the Unity...
Página 104 - LORD GOD, LAMB of GOD, SON of the FATHER, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of GOD the FATHER, have mercy upon us.
Página 117 - Malloch to English Mallet, without any imaginable reason of preference which the eye or ear can discover. What other proofs he gave of disrespect to his native country, I know not ; but it was remarked of him, that he was the only Scot whom Scotchmen did not commend.
Página 118 - Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to catch the view; to make water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen; to leave intervals where the eye will be pleased, and to thicken the plantation where there is something to be hidden, demands any great powers of mind...
Página 370 - Thus the pleasure of seeing them come out to fight or to work, alternately, may be obtained as often as curiosity excites, or time permits; and it will certainly be found, that the one order never attempts to fight, nor the other to work, let the emergency be ever so great.
Página 403 - I lean over the handle, various are the thoughts which crowd into my mind. I am now doing for him, I say, what my father formerly did for me, may God enable him to live that he may perform the same operations for the same purposes when I am worn out and old!
Página 556 - NOW it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Página 366 - During eleven years of my refidenre in Bengal, the outlet or head of the Jellinghy River was gradually removed three quarters of a mile farther down: and by two furveys of a part of the adjacent bank of the Ganges, taken about the...
Página 460 - But the decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the causes of destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest; and, as soon as time or accident had removed the artificial supports, the stupendous fabric yielded to the pressure of its own weight.
Página 115 - In his Night Thoughts he has exhibited a very wide display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wilderness of thought in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour. This is one of the few poems in which blank verse could not be changed for rhyme but with disadvantage.