Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volume 61Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1780 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... Attention has no relief ; the affections are never moved ; we are fometimes surprised , but never delighted , and find much to admire , but little to approve . Still however it is the work of Cowley , of a mind capacious by nature , and ...
... Attention has no relief ; the affections are never moved ; we are fometimes surprised , but never delighted , and find much to admire , but little to approve . Still however it is the work of Cowley , of a mind capacious by nature , and ...
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... attention to fome things by which they might have been improved . The maffacre at Stonehenge , by Hengift , the Hiftory of King Leyr , and his Three Daughters , are faid to be extracted from the ancient Hiftory of Great Britain ; ' but ...
... attention to fome things by which they might have been improved . The maffacre at Stonehenge , by Hengift , the Hiftory of King Leyr , and his Three Daughters , are faid to be extracted from the ancient Hiftory of Great Britain ; ' but ...
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... attention of the Public by a poem which it occafioned fome years ago . The pleasing melancholy , obferves this Writer , inspired by con- templating the mouldering towers and ivy - mantled walls of ancient buildings , is univerfally felt ...
... attention of the Public by a poem which it occafioned fome years ago . The pleasing melancholy , obferves this Writer , inspired by con- templating the mouldering towers and ivy - mantled walls of ancient buildings , is univerfally felt ...
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... attention an acquaintance with the paffions and affections of the mind , from which all rules arife , and to which they are ultimately to be referred . The Author acknowledges that poetry has a more extensive influence over the mind ...
... attention an acquaintance with the paffions and affections of the mind , from which all rules arife , and to which they are ultimately to be referred . The Author acknowledges that poetry has a more extensive influence over the mind ...
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... attention to place them in groupes . The conduct of thofe two painters is entirely the reverfe of what might be expected from their general file and charac- ter ; the works of Pouffin being as much diftinguished for fim- plicity , as ...
... attention to place them in groupes . The conduct of thofe two painters is entirely the reverfe of what might be expected from their general file and charac- ter ; the works of Pouffin being as much diftinguished for fim- plicity , as ...
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Página 17 - It ought, in my opinion, to be indispensably observed, that the masses of light in a picture be always of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or a yellowish- white ; and that the blue, the grey, or the green colours be kept almost entirely out of these masses, and be used only to support and set off these warm colours ; and for this purpose, a small proportion of cold colours will be sufficient.
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Página 344 - ... extent and variety of the universe, could we travel from planet to planet, and from system to system, in order to examine each part of this mighty fabric? Any one of these four principles above mentioned (and a hundred others which lie open to our conjecture) may afford us a theory, by which to judge of the order of the world; and it is a palpable and egregious partiality, to confine our view entirely to that principle, by which our own minds operate.
Página 84 - ... read for pleasure or accomplishment, and who buy the numerous products of modern typography, the number was then comparatively small. To prove the paucity of readers, it may be sufficient to remark, that the nation had been satisfied from 1623 to 1664, that is, forty-one years, with only two editions of the works of Shakspeare, which probably did not together make one thousand copies.
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Página 184 - Towards the latter end of this month, September, Charles will begin to recover his perfect health, according to his nativity, which, casting it myself, I am sure is true, and all things hitherto have happened accordingly to the very time that I predicted them : I hope at the same time to recover more health, according to my age.