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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... expressions as " Des autres veulent " instead of d'autres veulent ; 66 quelques de qualités " for quelques unes des qualités , & c .: but , even in these juvenile efforts , we see marks of a habit of arrangement and of a pains - taking ...
... expressions as " Des autres veulent " instead of d'autres veulent ; 66 quelques de qualités " for quelques unes des qualités , & c .: but , even in these juvenile efforts , we see marks of a habit of arrangement and of a pains - taking ...
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... expressing a common idea with sententious or oracular brevity . Such , says . Mr. G. , was the consequence of imitating Montesquieu . To this fault must be added a total want of method or connection : - but what could be expected from a ...
... expressing a common idea with sententious or oracular brevity . Such , says . Mr. G. , was the consequence of imitating Montesquieu . To this fault must be added a total want of method or connection : - but what could be expected from a ...
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... expressions of regard , to solicit the pleasure of his acquaintance . A different mode of controversy calls for a different behaviour ; and I should deem myself wanting in a just sense of my own honour , if I did not immediately return ...
... expressions of regard , to solicit the pleasure of his acquaintance . A different mode of controversy calls for a different behaviour ; and I should deem myself wanting in a just sense of my own honour , if I did not immediately return ...
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... expression ( as I apprehend ) wholly without foundation . ' On the most diligent recollection I cannot remember that I have any where said ( and I am sure I never intended to say ) that you have " studiously " concealed the truth ...
... expression ( as I apprehend ) wholly without foundation . ' On the most diligent recollection I cannot remember that I have any where said ( and I am sure I never intended to say ) that you have " studiously " concealed the truth ...
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... expression of gratitude : LORD NORTH to EDWARD GIBBON , ESQ . ' Dear Sir , Grosvenor - street , May 1st , 1788 . Upon the receipt of your books , and the perusal of your pre- face , my heart was too full to give you an immediate answer ...
... expression of gratitude : LORD NORTH to EDWARD GIBBON , ESQ . ' Dear Sir , Grosvenor - street , May 1st , 1788 . Upon the receipt of your books , and the perusal of your pre- face , my heart was too full to give you an immediate answer ...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volumen6 Ralph Griffiths,George Edward Griffiths Vista completa - 1752 |
Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volumen78 Ralph Griffiths,George Edward Griffiths Vista completa - 1788 |
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Página 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.
Página 269 - Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.