Monthly Review; Or New Literary JournalRalph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1814 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... chapter ( p . 163. ) to the modern Greek language , and to the present state of knowlege among those who speak it . He is less hostile to the accent of the pre- sent day , than those whose taste is formed on the pronunciation which is ...
... chapter ( p . 163. ) to the modern Greek language , and to the present state of knowlege among those who speak it . He is less hostile to the accent of the pre- sent day , than those whose taste is formed on the pronunciation which is ...
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... chapter ; which is very short , and which undervalues the topographical information of antiquity . Vincent , or Rennell , or even the superficial Robertson , might have served to caution the author against under - rating the recorded ...
... chapter ; which is very short , and which undervalues the topographical information of antiquity . Vincent , or Rennell , or even the superficial Robertson , might have served to caution the author against under - rating the recorded ...
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... chapter treats of the Italian islands , or , as Mr. Pin- kerton writes the word , ilands ; and in fact it is derived from ei , water , and land , land ; so that the s was introduced by mis- taken etymologists , who traced the word ...
... chapter treats of the Italian islands , or , as Mr. Pin- kerton writes the word , ilands ; and in fact it is derived from ei , water , and land , land ; so that the s was introduced by mis- taken etymologists , who traced the word ...
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... chapter . The twelfth describes the East . Of this chapter , Palestine occupies but too slight and short a subdivision . It appears to us pro- bable that , in the time of Solomon , the river Jordan , which now evaporates in a lake , was ...
... chapter . The twelfth describes the East . Of this chapter , Palestine occupies but too slight and short a subdivision . It appears to us pro- bable that , in the time of Solomon , the river Jordan , which now evaporates in a lake , was ...
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... chapter . The invention of this for mula is due to Briggs , he having been led to it in the con- struction of his logarithms : but its demonstration has been ge- nerally made to depend on the fluxional or differential calculus ; whereas ...
... chapter . The invention of this for mula is due to Briggs , he having been led to it in the con- struction of his logarithms : but its demonstration has been ge- nerally made to depend on the fluxional or differential calculus ; whereas ...
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Page 184 - I'll not leave thee, thou lone one ! To pine on the stem; Since the lovely are sleeping, Go, sleep thou with them. Thus kindly I scatter Thy leaves o'er the bed, Where thy mates of the garden Lie scentless and dead. So soon may / follow, When friendships decay, And from Love's shining circle The gems drop away.
Page 192 - But be not ye called Rabbi : for one is your Master, even Christ ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters : for one is your Master, even Christ.
Page 184 - FAREWELL ! — but whenever you welcome the hour That awakens the night-song of mirth in your bower, Then think of the friend who once welcomed it too, And forgot his own griefs to be happy with you.
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Page 369 - Highgate, snow lay on the ground, and it came into my Lord's thoughts, why flesh might not be preserved in snow, as in salt. They were resolved they would try the experiment presently. They alighted out of the coach and went into a poore woman's...
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