Monthly Review; Or New Literary JournalRalph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1812 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... pass rapidly back through the immense space of more than twenty - five ages , and we already think and speak of Archias , of Thrasybulus , of Dionysius , of Dion , of Timoleon , of Agathocles , of Marcellus . The entrance into Syracuse ...
... pass rapidly back through the immense space of more than twenty - five ages , and we already think and speak of Archias , of Thrasybulus , of Dionysius , of Dion , of Timoleon , of Agathocles , of Marcellus . The entrance into Syracuse ...
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... passing under an arch , but muffled and dull , than any thing I know to compare it to . - My Italian servant , followed by the women , presently appeared , " pale as their smock ; " and our neighbour the Duchessa sent up , to know how ...
... passing under an arch , but muffled and dull , than any thing I know to compare it to . - My Italian servant , followed by the women , presently appeared , " pale as their smock ; " and our neighbour the Duchessa sent up , to know how ...
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... pass entirely round him , in order that he may not only have more command over them , but that he may be in less danger of being thrown out of the car in the event of any accident . At the foot of the metæ part of a human figure is seen ...
... pass entirely round him , in order that he may not only have more command over them , but that he may be in less danger of being thrown out of the car in the event of any accident . At the foot of the metæ part of a human figure is seen ...
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... pass their lives in listless poverty ; sleeping at night under the canopy of heaven , and stretching themselves out to the sun by day with no other than a flannel covering . In no class is the inequality of Mexican fortunes more ...
... pass their lives in listless poverty ; sleeping at night under the canopy of heaven , and stretching themselves out to the sun by day with no other than a flannel covering . In no class is the inequality of Mexican fortunes more ...
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... passing any comments on the de- scription ( Vol . ii . p . 357. ) of the coast of the great ocean ex- tending to Prince William's Sound ; and though a larger por- tion of interest might be excited by a notice of the expeditions of ...
... passing any comments on the de- scription ( Vol . ii . p . 357. ) of the coast of the great ocean ex- tending to Prince William's Sound ; and though a larger por- tion of interest might be excited by a notice of the expeditions of ...
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Page 501 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.‎
Page 381 - As I stole nearer, Invited by the melody, I saw This youth, this fair-faced youth, upon his lute, With strains of strange variety and harmony, Proclaiming, as it seem'd, so bold a challenge To the clear choristers of the woods, the birds, That, as they flock'd about him, all stood silent, Wond'ring at what they heard.‎
Page 381 - Whom art had never taught cliffs, moods, or notes, Should vie with him for mastery, whose study Had busied many hours to perfect practice : To end the controversy, in a rapture Upon his instrument he plays so swiftly, So many voluntaries, and so quick, That there was curiosity and cunning, Concord in discord, lines of differing method Meeting in one full centre of delight.‎
Page 385 - em on courageously. I read A triumph over tyranny upon Their several foreheads. Faint not in the moment Of victory ! our end.s, and Warwick's head, Innocent Warwick's head (for we are prologue But to his tragedy), conclude the wonder Of Henry's fears : and then the glorious race Of fourteen kings Plantagenets, determines In this last issue male.‎
Page 380 - To glorify their Tempe, bred in me • Desire of visiting that paradise. To Thessaly I came, and living private, Without acquaintance of more sweet companions, Than the old inmates to my love, my thoughts, I day by day frequented silent groves, And solitary walks.‎
Page 505 - And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel : and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.‎
Page 57 - I'll never grudge my pains or toil, But pity the dull squires, my neighbours. George Ellis. TO LADY ANNE HAMILTON TOO late I stayed, forgive the crime, — Unheeded flew the hours; How noiseless falls the foot of Time That only treads on flowers!‎
Page 205 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...‎
Page 381 - He could not run division with more art Upon his quaking instrument, than she The nightingale did with her various notes Reply to.‎
Page 57 - OO late I stayed ! forgive the crime, — Unheeded flew the hours ; How noiseless falls the foot of Time That only treads on flowers ! What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of...‎