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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... contains important obfervations concerning the nature and revolutions of commerce ; obfervations intimately con- nected with the preceding narrative , and of fuch weight in themselves as renders them worthy of being adorned by the pen ...
... contains important obfervations concerning the nature and revolutions of commerce ; obfervations intimately con- nected with the preceding narrative , and of fuch weight in themselves as renders them worthy of being adorned by the pen ...
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... containing it are known by a rattling found on shaking them , ) or adhering to the extre- mities or fides of the ... contain more than the rest . A Poftfcript informs us , that , with this paper , fpecimens of tabasheer were prefented to ...
... containing it are known by a rattling found on shaking them , ) or adhering to the extre- mities or fides of the ... contain more than the rest . A Poftfcript informs us , that , with this paper , fpecimens of tabasheer were prefented to ...
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... contains feveral elegant poetic trifles . Coming , how- ever , from different authors , in different fituations and fpirits , they do not merit an equal portion of commendation : but when the reader is informed that this collection ...
... contains feveral elegant poetic trifles . Coming , how- ever , from different authors , in different fituations and fpirits , they do not merit an equal portion of commendation : but when the reader is informed that this collection ...
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... contains , we are told , only the phyfiological part of what the author means to lay before the public . Having fhewn in this work , that almoft the whole difference in food arifes from its being more or lefs adapted to the state of the ...
... contains , we are told , only the phyfiological part of what the author means to lay before the public . Having fhewn in this work , that almoft the whole difference in food arifes from its being more or lefs adapted to the state of the ...
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... the customary food . He then goes on to ob- ferve that a piece of mufcie and the chyle contain the fame IQ elementary elementary parts , as is feen by putting each into Fordyce's Treatife on the Digeftion of Food . 20.
... the customary food . He then goes on to ob- ferve that a piece of mufcie and the chyle contain the fame IQ elementary elementary parts , as is feen by putting each into Fordyce's Treatife on the Digeftion of Food . 20.
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