The Monthly Review, Or, Literary JournalR. Griffiths, 1797 |
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... Christianity , Philosophy of , Essay on , 421 Christians , professed . See Wilberforce . Churchill's Edit . of Sheridan's Dictionary , 34 Earth , Theory of , 338 Clarke's Treatise on the Yellow Fever , 466 Claude . See Simeon Eden , Sir ...
... Christianity , Philosophy of , Essay on , 421 Christians , professed . See Wilberforce . Churchill's Edit . of Sheridan's Dictionary , 34 Earth , Theory of , 338 Clarke's Treatise on the Yellow Fever , 466 Claude . See Simeon Eden , Sir ...
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... Christianity , " 421 Narrative of Proceedings in Sir J.Jervis's Fleet , 450 Plain Thoughts of a Plain Man , Answer to ditto , 342 344 Natural History . See Lamarck . Plants . See Schmeisser . Naval Gazetteer , 327 Plummer on the ...
... Christianity , " 421 Narrative of Proceedings in Sir J.Jervis's Fleet , 450 Plain Thoughts of a Plain Man , Answer to ditto , 342 344 Natural History . See Lamarck . Plants . See Schmeisser . Naval Gazetteer , 327 Plummer on the ...
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... Christians , 241 386 Wilcocke's Translation of Zimmermann 248 on Pride , 313 211 Wind and Water . See Smeaton . Winkworth's Visitation Sermon , 239 Water . See Peart . Wood's Algebra , 188 Watkins on Government , 94 Word or two in ...
... Christians , 241 386 Wilcocke's Translation of Zimmermann 248 on Pride , 313 211 Wind and Water . See Smeaton . Winkworth's Visitation Sermon , 239 Water . See Peart . Wood's Algebra , 188 Watkins on Government , 94 Word or two in ...
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... Christianity betrays a laudable firmness of opinion : but he , who , at the peril or forfeit of his life , has laboured to extend or secure the happiness of his native land , or of mankind in general , ap- proaches nearest to the active ...
... Christianity betrays a laudable firmness of opinion : but he , who , at the peril or forfeit of his life , has laboured to extend or secure the happiness of his native land , or of mankind in general , ap- proaches nearest to the active ...
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... Christianity , the better they are understood , and the more faithfully they are regarded , will always oppose every species of cruelty , injustice , and oppression . To these , in all their forms , whether in state or church , or in ...
... Christianity , the better they are understood , and the more faithfully they are regarded , will always oppose every species of cruelty , injustice , and oppression . To these , in all their forms , whether in state or church , or in ...
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Page 435 - Peace to his soul, if God's good pleasure be ! — Lord cardinal, if thou think'st on heaven's bliss, Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope. — He dies, and makes no sign : O God, forgive him ! War.
Page 81 - An universe of death, which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good, Where all life dies, death lives, and Nature breeds Perverse all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, unutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and hydras, and chimeras dire," — this would doubtless have been noble writing.
Page 107 - I've let lodgings ten years ; I'ma baker to boot ; In airing your sheets, sir, my wife is no sloven ; And your bed is immediately over my oven." " The oven ! " says Will. Says the host, " Why this passion ? In that excellent bed died three people of fashion. Why so crusty, good sir...
Page 354 - ... containing also An Account of the Gradual Reformation, and Present Improved State, of the Penal Laws of Pennsylvania, with Observations on the Impolicy and Injustice of Capital Punishments. In a Letter to a Friend. By Robert J. Turnbull. ' ' Vitiorum f emina — otium — labore ex hauriendum.
Page 138 - His face, for an old man, was one of the finest we have seen. A clear, smooth forehead ; an aquiline nose ; an eye, the brightest and most piercing that can be conceived ; and a freshness of complexion, scarcely ever to be found at his years ; and, impressive of the most perfect health, conspired to render him a venerable and interesting figure.
Page 36 - A heedless wretch has cross'd the way ; He gasps, the thundering hoofs below ; — But, live who can, or die who may, Still, " Forward, forward !
Page 107 - I've enough of them there without paying for drugs ! ' Will kicked out the doctor ; but when ill indeed, e'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed ; so, calling his host, he said : ' Sir, do you know, I'm the fat single gentleman six months ago ? Look'e, landlord, I think...
Page 452 - So absolute indeed was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved by the puritans alone ; and it was to this sect, whose principles appear so frivolous and habits so ridiculous, that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution.
Page 394 - And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us ; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Page 170 - Agrarian justice, opposed to agrarian law, and to agrarian monopoly. Being a plan for meliorating the condition of man. By creating in every nation, a national fund, to pay...