The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 54R. Griffiths, 1776 - Books |
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Page 42
... persons will be dropped , and fomething will remain annexed to the term , that had been obferved in them all . This , fays Dr. Prieftley , is the process called abstraction , and it is by means of this pro- cefs , cefs chiefly , that we ...
... persons will be dropped , and fomething will remain annexed to the term , that had been obferved in them all . This , fays Dr. Prieftley , is the process called abstraction , and it is by means of this pro- cefs , cefs chiefly , that we ...
Page 118
... person to read by it . From the experiments that have been made with phosphori ; it has been with great plaufibility concluded that light confifts of real particles of matter emitted by the fun , & c . and im- bibed by thefe fubftances ...
... person to read by it . From the experiments that have been made with phosphori ; it has been with great plaufibility concluded that light confifts of real particles of matter emitted by the fun , & c . and im- bibed by thefe fubftances ...
Page 162
... person , whoever he is , whofe offence now lies before a court fuperior to ours , will be con- demned by the Public . Art . 27. Memoirs of a Demi - Rep of Fashion ; or the private Hiftory of Mifs Amelia Gunnersbury . Containing curious ...
... person , whoever he is , whofe offence now lies before a court fuperior to ours , will be con- demned by the Public . Art . 27. Memoirs of a Demi - Rep of Fashion ; or the private Hiftory of Mifs Amelia Gunnersbury . Containing curious ...
Page 181
... person who has walked barefoot on ferpents ; or to an actor , who has been preparing to declaim before the altar of Auguftus . ' The teftimony of St. Jerome is likewise cited , to the honour of the Gauls . In his time , we are told ...
... person who has walked barefoot on ferpents ; or to an actor , who has been preparing to declaim before the altar of Auguftus . ' The teftimony of St. Jerome is likewise cited , to the honour of the Gauls . In his time , we are told ...
Page 201
... person that faw me , when I came down , was Jungen- dorff , who fmiling asked me for my orders . - This fight gave me new courage , but my imagination was ftill perplexed at what I faw and heard through the crevices of the room ...
... person that faw me , when I came down , was Jungen- dorff , who fmiling asked me for my orders . - This fight gave me new courage , but my imagination was ftill perplexed at what I faw and heard through the crevices of the room ...
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