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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... first effect is fudden aftonishment , and the fecond rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by difperfion . Great thoughts are always general , and confift - in pofitions not limited by exceptions ...
... first effect is fudden aftonishment , and the fecond rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by difperfion . Great thoughts are always general , and confift - in pofitions not limited by exceptions ...
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... first who imparted to English numbers the enthufiafm of the greater ode , and the gaiety of the lefs ; that he was equally qualified for fpritely fallies , and for lofty flights ; that he was among thofe who freed tranflation from ...
... first who imparted to English numbers the enthufiafm of the greater ode , and the gaiety of the lefs ; that he was equally qualified for fpritely fallies , and for lofty flights ; that he was among thofe who freed tranflation from ...
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... first idea of fimplicity , which he had told us he meant not to examine . An error of this kind muft , doubtlefs , be confidered as a blemish in a discourse which contains many excellent rules and obfervations , conveyed in a very good ...
... first idea of fimplicity , which he had told us he meant not to examine . An error of this kind muft , doubtlefs , be confidered as a blemish in a discourse which contains many excellent rules and obfervations , conveyed in a very good ...
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... first confifts of general tables of the stand- ard weights and measures in England and Scotland , and the proportions they reciprocally bear to one another ; the second , of tables fhewing the contents of the feveral provincial weights ...
... first confifts of general tables of the stand- ard weights and measures in England and Scotland , and the proportions they reciprocally bear to one another ; the second , of tables fhewing the contents of the feveral provincial weights ...
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... first given . In conformity to this plan , the Arithmetica Univerfalis forms the first part of this volume . This tract is accompanied with very few notes ; for which circumftance the Editor ac- counts , by informing us that he had ...
... first given . In conformity to this plan , the Arithmetica Univerfalis forms the first part of this volume . This tract is accompanied with very few notes ; for which circumftance the Editor ac- counts , by informing us that he had ...
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