Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal EnlargedRalph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1828 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... character who appeared on the theatre of public affairs in England , from the commencement of the reign of Charles I. to the Revolution . Never did the position in which men were placed in reference to each other , render it so ...
... character who appeared on the theatre of public affairs in England , from the commencement of the reign of Charles I. to the Revolution . Never did the position in which men were placed in reference to each other , render it so ...
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... characters of Charles I. himself , of Laud , of Cromwell , of Milton , not to mention many other contemporary names ... character of Charles , so long a favorite topic of party contention , and one even which certain recent writers ...
... characters of Charles I. himself , of Laud , of Cromwell , of Milton , not to mention many other contemporary names ... character of Charles , so long a favorite topic of party contention , and one even which certain recent writers ...
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... character of a man incapable either of emancipating himself from the weakest prejudices of education , or of producing any effect whatever on the age in which he lived , except as an instrument in the hands of others . Although not in ...
... character of a man incapable either of emancipating himself from the weakest prejudices of education , or of producing any effect whatever on the age in which he lived , except as an instrument in the hands of others . Although not in ...
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... characters of thousands in the general idea of humanity , and their interests in that of an entire , undivided commonwealth . The explanation of its meaning , in all its various bearings , carries the ... Character of France and England .
... characters of thousands in the general idea of humanity , and their interests in that of an entire , undivided commonwealth . The explanation of its meaning , in all its various bearings , carries the ... Character of France and England .
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... character , that its state , or fluctuations , can be discovered . The mineralogist may break a fragment from a large mineral mass , and confidently pre- sume and examine it as a specimen of the whole . Whatever he learns of the ...
... character , that its state , or fluctuations , can be discovered . The mineralogist may break a fragment from a large mineral mass , and confidently pre- sume and examine it as a specimen of the whole . Whatever he learns of the ...
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Page 388 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 367 - ... human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. On superior...
Page 476 - I raised such men as had the fear of God before them, and made some conscience of what they did, and from that day forward, I must say to you, they were never beaten, and wherever they were engaged against the enemy they beat continually...
Page 520 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye ! — Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be ; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me...
Page 227 - They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Page 408 - Oh, no, no," said the little Fly ; " to ask me is in vain, For who goes up your winding stair can ne'er come down again.
Page 225 - The new bank is not long in being visited by sea-birds: salt plants take root upon it, and a soil begins to be formed ; a cocoa-nut, or the drupe of a pandanus, is thrown on shore; land birds visit it, and deposit the seeds of shrubs and trees ; every high tide, and still more every gale, adds something to the bank ; the form of an island is gradually assumed ; and last of all, comes man to take possession.
Page 408 - Will you rest upon my little bed?" Said the spider to the fly. "There are pretty curtains drawn around, The sheets are fine and thin; And if you like to rest awhile, I'll snugly tuck you in." "Oh, no, no!" said the little fly, "For I've often heard it said, They never, never wake again Who sleep upon your bed.
Page 414 - Full of all gentleness, of calmest hope, Of sweet and quiet joy; there was the look Of Heaven upon his face which limners give To the beloved disciple.
Page 227 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment : the waters stood above the mountains.