Monthly Review; Or New Literary JournalRalph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1816 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... former volumes of this col- lection were given to the public twenty years ago , ( and reported in vols . xx . and xxv . of our present series , ) we might be tempted to ask the noble editor , “ Quæ tantæ tenuere moræ ? ” Distinguished ...
... former volumes of this col- lection were given to the public twenty years ago , ( and reported in vols . xx . and xxv . of our present series , ) we might be tempted to ask the noble editor , “ Quæ tantæ tenuere moræ ? ” Distinguished ...
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... former case , you seem to me to want information . And , in the latter , you plainly want the common candour of a citizen of the world for the religious system of your country . Pardon me , Sir , but , much as I admire your abilities ...
... former case , you seem to me to want information . And , in the latter , you plainly want the common candour of a citizen of the world for the religious system of your country . Pardon me , Sir , but , much as I admire your abilities ...
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... former occasion has strongly solicited me to make this offer of my services . I should deem it no vulgar honour if they could ever deserve the approbation of a wise and intrepid statesman , who , in a divided country , has commanded the ...
... former occasion has strongly solicited me to make this offer of my services . I should deem it no vulgar honour if they could ever deserve the approbation of a wise and intrepid statesman , who , in a divided country , has commanded the ...
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... former volumes would complete their sets . This was independent of the sale on the Continent , which was , in a great measure , monopolized by a cheap edition printed at Basil . Mr. G. complained greatly of the inferiority of the French ...
... former volumes would complete their sets . This was independent of the sale on the Continent , which was , in a great measure , monopolized by a cheap edition printed at Basil . Mr. G. complained greatly of the inferiority of the French ...
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... former publications . " I have repeatedly thought , " he says , " of writing a dialogue in which Lucian , Erasmus , and Voltaire , should be the speakers , and should mutually acknowlege the danger of exposing an established system of ...
... former publications . " I have repeatedly thought , " he says , " of writing a dialogue in which Lucian , Erasmus , and Voltaire , should be the speakers , and should mutually acknowlege the danger of exposing an established system of ...
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Seite 221 - tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Seite 269 - Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
Seite 139 - tis a morn of May Round old Ravenna's clear-shewn towers and bay, A morn, the loveliest which the year has seen, Last of the spring, yet fresh with all its green ; For a warm eve, and gentle rains at night, Have left a sparkling welcome for the light...
Seite 375 - She likewise insisted upon a security that the crowns of France and Spain should never be united on the same head. Her majesty no longer insisted upon Philip's being expelled from the throne of Spain by the arms of his own grandfather.
Seite 257 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Seite 181 - But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek, Dashes the fire out. O ! I have suffer'd With those that I saw suffer: a brave vessel, Who had no doubt some noble creature in her, Dash'd all to pieces. O ! the cry did knock Against my very heart. Poor souls, they perish'd.
Seite 20 - Were I ambitious of any other Patron than the Public, I would inscribe this work to a Statesman, who, in a long, a stormy, and at length an unfortunate administration, had many political opponents, x PREFACE almost without a personal enemy: who has retained, in his fall from power, many faithful and disinterested friends; and who, under the pressure of severe infirmity, enjoys the lively vigour of his mind, and the felicity of his incomparable temper.
Seite 144 - But the proper language of poetry is in fact nothing different from that of real life, and depends for its dignity upon the strength and sentiment of what it speaks. It is only adding musical modulation to what a fine understanding might actually utter in the midst of its griefs or enjoyments.
Seite 139 - Fade in the warmth of that great charity ; And hard it is, she thinks, to have no will; But not to bless these thousands, harder still : With that, a keen and quivering glance of tears Scarce moves her patient mouth, and disappears ; A smile is underneath, and breaks away, And round she looks and breathes, as best befits the day. What need I tell of lovely lips and eyes, A clipsome waist, and bosom's balmy rise...
Seite 161 - I should have expected a lodging with them; or though they may be the first, as being more eminent than I, I must expect to follow their example in suffering, as I have been their companion in acting.