The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 63R. Griffiths, 1780 - Books |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 83
Page 12
... effect . During the before - mentioned pe- riod , agriculture has been much improved , particularly in the Hill country ; and in the clothing and manufacturing parts , trade has equally increased ; but in the Vale most of those inclo ...
... effect . During the before - mentioned pe- riod , agriculture has been much improved , particularly in the Hill country ; and in the clothing and manufacturing parts , trade has equally increased ; but in the Vale most of those inclo ...
Page 14
... effect . Cut longitudinally through the thick- nefs , and polished , they exhibit a beautiful landscape , like a drawing in Indian ink , and are often used in chimney - pieces . That part which in its native bed lies undermoft , has the ...
... effect . Cut longitudinally through the thick- nefs , and polished , they exhibit a beautiful landscape , like a drawing in Indian ink , and are often used in chimney - pieces . That part which in its native bed lies undermoft , has the ...
Page 29
... effect which we apprehend few readers of thefe Obfervations will be able to conceive , without fome explanation . P. 36 , 1. 21 , ' hung pendant ' : here is an explanation of one word by another , which was not wanted . P. 40 , 1. 12 ...
... effect which we apprehend few readers of thefe Obfervations will be able to conceive , without fome explanation . P. 36 , 1. 21 , ' hung pendant ' : here is an explanation of one word by another , which was not wanted . P. 40 , 1. 12 ...
Page 76
... effect , by fhewing the narrow - minded zealot , who has either promoted or approved the violent oppofition that hath been made to the late ac in favour of our fellow - fubjects of the Roman Catholic perfuafion , how far he has departed ...
... effect , by fhewing the narrow - minded zealot , who has either promoted or approved the violent oppofition that hath been made to the late ac in favour of our fellow - fubjects of the Roman Catholic perfuafion , how far he has departed ...
Page 88
... effect they wished to have produced , " and would permit him to per- form the bufinefs in his own way , he would finish the mill to their fatisfaction . This affurance , joined with the knowledge they had of his ability and integrity ...
... effect they wished to have produced , " and would permit him to per- form the bufinefs in his own way , he would finish the mill to their fatisfaction . This affurance , joined with the knowledge they had of his ability and integrity ...
Contents
1 | |
3 | |
8 | |
10 | |
17 | |
29 | |
31 | |
36 | |
67 | |
73 | |
75 | |
92 | |
108 | |
122 | |
128 | |
142 | |
149 | |
150 | |
153 | |
179 | |
199 | |
219 | |
226 | |
231 | |
249 | |
291 | |
306 | |
307 | |
310 | |
385 | |
393 | |
395 | |
461 | |
467 | |
468 | |
473 | |
476 | |
497 | |
500 | |
513 | |
527 | |
547 | |
548 | |
555 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
addreffed affertion againſt alfo almoft ancient appears arife Author becauſe befides cafe caufe cauſe character Chriftian circumftances confequence confiderable confidered confifts conftitution curious defcription defign defire difcourfe England eſtabliſhed faid fame fatire favour fays fecond feems feen felves fenfe fent fentiments ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fituation fmall fome foon fpeaks fpirit ftate ftill ftyle fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofed fupport fyftem Garrick gentleman give hath hiftory himſelf honour houſe ifland inftances inftruction intereft Ireland itſelf juft laft late leaſt lefs Letters likewife Lord manner marriage meaſure Metanira moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obfervations occafion paffage paffed Parliament perfons philofophical pleaſure poem poffeffed poffible polygamy prefent publiſhed purpoſe racters Readers reafon refpect remarks reprefented Scotland ſeveral ſhall ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tranflation uſe whofe Writer
Popular passages
Page 458 - An Impartial History of the War in America, between Great Britain and her Colonies from its Commencement to the end of the Year 1779...
Page 320 - And he answered and said unto them, "Have ye not read that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh'? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 209 - Garrick is to be with you early the next week, and Mr. Johnson to try his fate with a tragedy, and to see to get himself employed in some translation, either from the Latin or the French. Johnson is a very good scholar and poet, and I have great hopes will turn out a fine tragedy-writer. If it should any way lie in your way, doubt not but you would be ready to recommend and assist your countryman. "G. WALMSLEY.
Page 252 - Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him. Yet nor the lays of birds nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue Could make me any summer's story tell, Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew ; Nor did I wonder at the...
Page 328 - Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence : and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
Page 358 - Come, come, Gibber, tell me, if there is not something like envy in your character of this young gentleman: the actor who pleases every body, must be a man of merit.
Page 165 - It must strike the most careless traveller, to see whole strings of cars whipt into a ditch by a gentleman's footman, to make way for his carriage; if they are overturned or broken in pieces, no matter, it is taken in patience: were they to complain, they would, perhaps, be horsewhipped.
Page 212 - When news was brought to Richard, that the Duke of Buckingham was taken, Garrick's look and action, when he pronounced the words, — Off with his head ! So much for Buckingham!
Page 281 - The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband : for thou hast had five husbands ; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband : in that saidst thou truly.
Page 209 - He and another neighbour of mine, one Mr. Samuel Johnson, set out this morning for London together. Davy Garrick is to be with you early the next week, and Mr. Johnson to try his fate with a tragedy, and to see to get himself employed in some translation, either from the Latin or the French.