Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal EnlargedRalph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1820 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... fact is as indisputable as any that are connected with the phænomena of our nature . No fictitious distress , or ... facts ; sometimes because the scenes and actors of history , " high actions and high passions best describing , " are ...
... fact is as indisputable as any that are connected with the phænomena of our nature . No fictitious distress , or ... facts ; sometimes because the scenes and actors of history , " high actions and high passions best describing , " are ...
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... fact . Tales that charmed away the sense of present or impending misery were the first literature of the East ; and in that region the life and enjoyments of man have been , from the earliest periods , the play - things of despotic ...
... fact . Tales that charmed away the sense of present or impending misery were the first literature of the East ; and in that region the life and enjoyments of man have been , from the earliest periods , the play - things of despotic ...
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... fact , he has thrown so rich and abundant an embroidery over the original fabric , as almost to conceal the meagreness of its texture , and to bestow on it a value of which it is intrinsically destitute . Francis de Bestein , or ...
... fact , he has thrown so rich and abundant an embroidery over the original fabric , as almost to conceal the meagreness of its texture , and to bestow on it a value of which it is intrinsically destitute . Francis de Bestein , or ...
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... facts and dates are pre- served , but motives and characters are lost . So much for the Ambassador . As to the mission itself , the object was a remonstrance from the court of France to that of England for the fulfilment of a treaty ...
... facts and dates are pre- served , but motives and characters are lost . So much for the Ambassador . As to the mission itself , the object was a remonstrance from the court of France to that of England for the fulfilment of a treaty ...
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... fact , however , of their having prayed for the malefactors , he says that they would have done perfectly right if they had ; and , in a spirit of toleration so much above the times as to make us believe in the truth of the original ...
... fact , however , of their having prayed for the malefactors , he says that they would have done perfectly right if they had ; and , in a spirit of toleration so much above the times as to make us believe in the truth of the original ...
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Seite 21 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Seite 172 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets.
Seite 396 - And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all...
Seite 408 - That hath a mint of phrases in his brain : One, whom the music of his own vain tongue Doth ravish, like enchanting harmony...
Seite 410 - Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
Seite 432 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Seite 345 - Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden ; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day ; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
Seite 125 - God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above 10,000 houses all in one flame! The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches was like a hideous storm; and the air all about so hot and inflamed that at the last one was not able to approach it...
Seite 226 - Recorded honours shall gather round his monument. and thicken over him. It is a solid fabric, and will support the laurels that adorn it. I am not conversant in the language of panegyric. These praises are extorted from me ; but they will wear well, for they have been dearly earned.
Seite 464 - When, in the progress of society, land of the second degree of fertility is taken into cultivation, rent immediately commences on that of the first quality, and the amount of that rent will depend on the difference in the quality of these two portions of land.