The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Band 49R. Griffiths, 1774 |
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... prove , by good reafons and the example of the pall , that the re - union of England , under a Proteftant King , authorized as the Prince of Orange would be , is much less conformable to the true interest of France than a republic ...
... prove , by good reafons and the example of the pall , that the re - union of England , under a Proteftant King , authorized as the Prince of Orange would be , is much less conformable to the true interest of France than a republic ...
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... prove folidly beneficial . However this is , it is very evident that writers and bookfellers have attended to the tale of the times in this refpect , and have been very diligent in furnishing matter for its gratification . The continent ...
... prove folidly beneficial . However this is , it is very evident that writers and bookfellers have attended to the tale of the times in this refpect , and have been very diligent in furnishing matter for its gratification . The continent ...
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... prove extremely entertaining , and they will generally be found to be as ufeful as they are agreeable . Of this happy caft are the travels of Captain Brydone ; whose letters prove him at once the gentleman , the fcholar , and the man of ...
... prove extremely entertaining , and they will generally be found to be as ufeful as they are agreeable . Of this happy caft are the travels of Captain Brydone ; whose letters prove him at once the gentleman , the fcholar , and the man of ...
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... proved falutary in their effects . The fire in many places is not yet extin- guished , but Vefuvius is now the only fpot where it rages with any degree of activity . ' In defcribing his journey up Mount Etna , our curious Tra- veller ...
... proved falutary in their effects . The fire in many places is not yet extin- guished , but Vefuvius is now the only fpot where it rages with any degree of activity . ' In defcribing his journey up Mount Etna , our curious Tra- veller ...
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... prove the vaft antiquity of the eruptions of Etna ; and thus he reafons : Near to a vault , which is now thirty feet below ground , and has probably been a burial - place , there is a draw - well , where there are feveral trata of lavas ...
... prove the vaft antiquity of the eruptions of Etna ; and thus he reafons : Near to a vault , which is now thirty feet below ground , and has probably been a burial - place , there is a draw - well , where there are feveral trata of lavas ...
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Addrefs affiftance alfo ancient appears Author becauſe cafe caufe cauſe Chriftian circumftances compofed compofition confequence confiderable confidered confifts courfe defcribed defcription defign defire difcovered Effay endeavours England English expreffed faid fame fatire favour fays fecond feems feen fenfe fenfible fent fentiments fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhip fhort fhould fide fince firft fituation fmall fociety fome fometimes foon fpeak fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fuperior fuppofe fupport hath hiftory himſelf honour houfe ifland inftances intereft Ireland Irish juft King laft leaft lefs Letters likewife Lord Majefty manner moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfervations occafion paffage paffed paffions perfons philofophical Plato pleaſure Poem poffible prefent preferve purpoſe racter Readers reafon refpect remarks Review Richard Hotham Sermons ſhall ſtate TAMOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion Tranflation uſe voyage whofe writers
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Seite 13 - I have writ nothing in this that will displease Your Majesty. If I have, I humbly beg of you to consider it as coming from a woman amazed with grief; and that you will pardon the daughter of a person who served Your Majesty's father in his greatest...
Seite 80 - It is not smooth and even like the greatest part of the latter ; but is finely variegated by an infinite number of those beautiful little mountains that have been formed by the different eruptions of JEtna.
Seite 380 - ... before he could be disgusted with fatigue, or disabled by infirmity, he made no collection of his works, nor desired to rescue those that...
Seite 433 - ... fiery and irregular in all his motions. His name was Genius. He darted like an eagle up the mountain, and left his companions gazing after him with envy and admiration ; but his progress was unequal, and interrupted by a thousand caprices. When Pleasure warbled in the valley, he mingled in her train.
Seite 385 - Religion, and the strange confusions following from thence : in the Reigns of King Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, Queen Mary, and Elizabeth,
Seite 186 - Braves the broad ocean, and refigns to fate ; Scarce well arriv'd, and lab'ring to procure Life's free fubfiftence, and retreats fecure, Sudden! he fees the roving INDIAN nigh, Fate in his hand, and ruin in his eye — Scar'd at the fight, he runs, he bounds, he flies, Till arrow-pierc'd...
Seite 77 - The evils of this life appear like rocks and precipices, rugged and barren at a distance ; but at our nearer approach we find little fruitful spots, and refreshing springs, mixed with the harshness and deformities of nature.
Seite 257 - The same operation was also performed on the first lieutenant and the purser, but upon none of those who appeared to be in health. While this was doing, our surgeon, who had walked till he was very warm, took off his wig to cool and refresh himself...
Seite 421 - ... the time of the day when the sun shone out, by the boundary where the half of the globe at any time enlightened by the sun was parted from the other half in the shade ; the enlightened parts of the terrestrial globe answering to the like enlightened parts of the earth at all times. So that, whenever the sun shone on the globe, one might see to what places the sun was then rising, to what places it was setting, and all the places where it was then day or night, throughout the earth.
Seite 380 - ... profit. When his plays had been acted his hope was at an end; he solicited no addition of honour from the reader.