Monthly Review; Or New Literary JournalR. Griffiths., 1791 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... shall I make of thefe protuberant points ? To admit two or three more fatellites , by way of folving fuch phænomena , appeared to me too hazardous an hypothefis ; especially as thefe lucid points , though fome of them had a motion , did ...
... shall I make of thefe protuberant points ? To admit two or three more fatellites , by way of folving fuch phænomena , appeared to me too hazardous an hypothefis ; especially as thefe lucid points , though fome of them had a motion , did ...
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... shall first present our readers with the author's preliminary observa- tion : Medicine being , as far as we can trace it in all countries , in its firft beginnings in the hands of men , infected with fuperftition , every part of its ...
... shall first present our readers with the author's preliminary observa- tion : Medicine being , as far as we can trace it in all countries , in its firft beginnings in the hands of men , infected with fuperftition , every part of its ...
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... shall be excufed if we but flightly notice the appendix , which contains an account of the prefent lights on the Spurn point , near the mouth of the river Humber . The lights which are exhibited there , are two ; both having been ...
... shall be excufed if we but flightly notice the appendix , which contains an account of the prefent lights on the Spurn point , near the mouth of the river Humber . The lights which are exhibited there , are two ; both having been ...
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... shall produce fome paffages , that our readers may judge of the execution of the work . The following is the portrait of a primitive preacher of the gofpel : ( p . 67. ) In the primitive miffionary we may contemplate the greatest re ...
... shall produce fome paffages , that our readers may judge of the execution of the work . The following is the portrait of a primitive preacher of the gofpel : ( p . 67. ) In the primitive miffionary we may contemplate the greatest re ...
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... shall foon find that it will infinuate itfelf into our most fecret engage ments . " 66 The exceffive approbation and delight with which both the city and country received the pieces of Thefpis and Sufarion , at once juftified and ...
... shall foon find that it will infinuate itfelf into our most fecret engage ments . " 66 The exceffive approbation and delight with which both the city and country received the pieces of Thefpis and Sufarion , at once juftified and ...
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