Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal EnlargedRalph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1818 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... readers with additional confi- dence in the accuracy of his statements . On the Geognosy of the Lothians . By Professor Jameson . As the most striking geological features of the Lothians are the red sand - stone and coal - formations ...
... readers with additional confi- dence in the accuracy of his statements . On the Geognosy of the Lothians . By Professor Jameson . As the most striking geological features of the Lothians are the red sand - stone and coal - formations ...
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... reader will perceive that the parts of which it is composed have but little connection with each other ; and that they ... readers an idea of the manner in which it is written , and of the way in which the author treats the different ...
... reader will perceive that the parts of which it is composed have but little connection with each other ; and that they ... readers an idea of the manner in which it is written , and of the way in which the author treats the different ...
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... readers to peruse the present volume ; and this recommendation we give to the unprofessional equally with the professional . In fact , we believe that the former will profit by it more than the latter ; since , although the work ...
... readers to peruse the present volume ; and this recommendation we give to the unprofessional equally with the professional . In fact , we believe that the former will profit by it more than the latter ; since , although the work ...
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... readers will not be disposed to coincide with Dr. Reid : " To be well born " is a circumstance of real importance , but not in the sense in which that expression is usually employed . The most substantial privileges of birth are not ...
... readers will not be disposed to coincide with Dr. Reid : " To be well born " is a circumstance of real importance , but not in the sense in which that expression is usually employed . The most substantial privileges of birth are not ...
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... reading were obliged to send for their books from England : the members of the junto ' ( a sort of moral and ... readers at that time in Philadelphia , and the majority of us so poor , that I was not able with great industry to ...
... reading were obliged to send for their books from England : the members of the junto ' ( a sort of moral and ... readers at that time in Philadelphia , and the majority of us so poor , that I was not able with great industry to ...
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Página 160 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Página 222 - It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way : thou wouldst be great ; Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it: what thou wouldst highly, That wouldst thou holily ; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win: thou'dst have, great Glamis, That which cries ' Thus thou must do, if thou have it; And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should be undone.
Página 29 - But mark how luxury will enter families, and make a progress, in spite of principle: being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a China bowl, with a spoon of silver! They had been bought for me without my knowledge by my wife, and had cost her the enormous sum of...
Página 29 - We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a two-penny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon.
Página 27 - The institution soon manifested its utility, was imitated by other towns, and in other provinces. The libraries were augmented by donations; reading became fashionable; and our people, having no...
Página 29 - Deity; that he made the world, and govern'd it by his Providence; that the most acceptable service of God was the doing good to man; that our souls are immortal; and that all crime will be punished, and virtue rewarded, either here or hereafter.
Página 10 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Página 33 - Hell that could well be imagin'd; there was no appeasing the tumult, and we retired to our lodging. At midnight, a number of them came thundering at our door, demanding more rum, of which we took no notice. "The next day, sensible they had...
Página 60 - In compliance with this appointment, the lord mayor, the .sheriffs, and several of the aldermen attended. The prisoners were .assembled together ; and it being requested that no alteration in their usual practice might take place, one of the ladies read a chapter in the Bible, and then the females proceeded to their various avocations. Their attention...
Página 28 - My circumstances, however, grew daily easier. My original habits of frugality continuing, and my father having, among his instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon, " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...