Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volume 61Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1780 - Periodicals Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... former obfervation . Their attempts were always ana- lytic ; they broke every image into fragments ; and could no more reprefent , by their flender conceits and laboured particularities , the profpects of nature , or the fcenes of life ...
... former obfervation . Their attempts were always ana- lytic ; they broke every image into fragments ; and could no more reprefent , by their flender conceits and laboured particularities , the profpects of nature , or the fcenes of life ...
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... former biographer of Cowley , tells us , that the ir- regularity of numbers is the very thing which makes that kind of poefy fit for all manner of fubjects . But , continues his present hif- torian , he fhould have remembered that what ...
... former biographer of Cowley , tells us , that the ir- regularity of numbers is the very thing which makes that kind of poefy fit for all manner of fubjects . But , continues his present hif- torian , he fhould have remembered that what ...
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... former Editor fuppofes , after his genius had paffed the zenith . That natural jealoufy which makes every man unwilling to al- low much excellence in another , always produces a difpofition to be- Ieve that the mind grows old with the ...
... former Editor fuppofes , after his genius had paffed the zenith . That natural jealoufy which makes every man unwilling to al- low much excellence in another , always produces a difpofition to be- Ieve that the mind grows old with the ...
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... former Article rela- tive to this work , that the Editor did not propose to ex- hibit fubjects wholly new , but chiefly intended his volumes as a depofitory for fuch antiquities , & c . as , though known , yet through neglect , or ...
... former Article rela- tive to this work , that the Editor did not propose to ex- hibit fubjects wholly new , but chiefly intended his volumes as a depofitory for fuch antiquities , & c . as , though known , yet through neglect , or ...
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... former were not laid aide ; and it could not be otherwife . Even the ufe of the Trose weight , though ex- prefsly discharged † by the act of 16.8 , was continued as before . The diverity of the whole at this day , not only in the ...
... former were not laid aide ; and it could not be otherwife . Even the ufe of the Trose weight , though ex- prefsly discharged † by the act of 16.8 , was continued as before . The diverity of the whole at this day , not only in the ...
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Page 85 - To be of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
Page 17 - It ought, in my opinion, to be indispensably observed, that the masses of light in a picture be always of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or a yellowish- white ; and that the blue, the grey, or the green colours be kept almost entirely out of these masses, and be used only to support and set off these warm colours ; and for this purpose, a small proportion of cold colours will be sufficient.
Page 88 - He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that Nature had...
Page 180 - The most frightful disorders arose from the state of feudal anarchy. Force decided all things. Europe was one great field of battle, where the weak struggled for freedom', and the strong for dominion. The king was without power', and the nobles without principle.
Page 344 - ... extent and variety of the universe, could we travel from planet to planet, and from system to system, in order to examine each part of this mighty fabric? Any one of these four principles above mentioned (and a hundred others which lie open to our conjecture) may afford us a theory, by which to judge of the order of the world; and it is a palpable and egregious partiality, to confine our view entirely to that principle, by which our own minds operate.
Page 84 - ... read for pleasure or accomplishment, and who buy the numerous products of modern typography, the number was then comparatively small. To prove the paucity of readers, it may be sufficient to remark, that the nation had been satisfied from 1623 to 1664, that is, forty-one years, with only two editions of the works of Shakspeare, which probably did not together make one thousand copies.
Page 1 - It is with great propriety that subtlety, which in its original import means exility of particles, is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction. Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation.
Page 184 - Towards the latter end of this month, September, Charles will begin to recover his perfect health, according to his nativity, which, casting it myself, I am sure is true, and all things hitherto have happened accordingly to the very time that I predicted them : I hope at the same time to recover more health, according to my age.