Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal EnlargedRalph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1828 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... character consists , the subject by no means loses any of its interest , as it respects the consideration of individual happiness or virtue . It is the general state and cha- racter of the people among which a man is born , that make ...
... character consists , the subject by no means loses any of its interest , as it respects the consideration of individual happiness or virtue . It is the general state and cha- racter of the people among which a man is born , that make ...
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... racter , but there are very few , even slight , changes taking place , without a corresponding change in external manners , and with that a change in the moral sentiments of the people . Our author has given a good view of several of ...
... racter , but there are very few , even slight , changes taking place , without a corresponding change in external manners , and with that a change in the moral sentiments of the people . Our author has given a good view of several of ...
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... by far the greater proportion of the public in VOL . IX . F England have taken their general impression of Napoleon's cha- racter Memoirs of the Duke of Rovigo . 65 Memoires du Duc de Rovigo, Ministre de la Police sous Napoleon.
... by far the greater proportion of the public in VOL . IX . F England have taken their general impression of Napoleon's cha- racter Memoirs of the Duke of Rovigo . 65 Memoires du Duc de Rovigo, Ministre de la Police sous Napoleon.
Side 66
... racter . Was the spirit of the nation to be roused , or new aid to be sought , against the increasing terror of his crimes ? As a matter of course , every ministerial paper became eloquent on one of the subjects above mentioned . In the ...
... racter . Was the spirit of the nation to be roused , or new aid to be sought , against the increasing terror of his crimes ? As a matter of course , every ministerial paper became eloquent on one of the subjects above mentioned . In the ...
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... racter may be given to the party and to the whole , which the taste of the artist may be able to exhibit with the most effect . Another difficulty , again , in the composition of a work of this sort , and one which only a writer of real ...
... racter may be given to the party and to the whole , which the taste of the artist may be able to exhibit with the most effect . Another difficulty , again , in the composition of a work of this sort , and one which only a writer of real ...
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Side 388 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Side 367 - ... human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. On superior...
Side 476 - I raised such men as had the fear of God before them, and made some conscience of what they did, and from that day forward, I must say to you, they were never beaten, and wherever they were engaged against the enemy they beat continually...
Side 520 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye ! — Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be ; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me...
Side 227 - They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Side 408 - Oh, no, no," said the little Fly ; " to ask me is in vain, For who goes up your winding stair can ne'er come down again.
Side 225 - The new bank is not long in being visited by sea-birds: salt plants take root upon it, and a soil begins to be formed ; a cocoa-nut, or the drupe of a pandanus, is thrown on shore; land birds visit it, and deposit the seeds of shrubs and trees ; every high tide, and still more every gale, adds something to the bank ; the form of an island is gradually assumed ; and last of all, comes man to take possession.
Side 408 - Will you rest upon my little bed?" Said the spider to the fly. "There are pretty curtains drawn around, The sheets are fine and thin; And if you like to rest awhile, I'll snugly tuck you in." "Oh, no, no!" said the little fly, "For I've often heard it said, They never, never wake again Who sleep upon your bed.
Side 414 - Full of all gentleness, of calmest hope, Of sweet and quiet joy; there was the look Of Heaven upon his face which limners give To the beloved disciple.
Side 227 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment : the waters stood above the mountains.