Monthly Review; Or New Literary JournalR. Griffiths., 1797 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... opinion , can never be accomplished , without some other data than those which have . hitherto served as the ground - work of the various systems that have been applied to effect that purpose . The posthumous work before us , published ...
... opinion , can never be accomplished , without some other data than those which have . hitherto served as the ground - work of the various systems that have been applied to effect that purpose . The posthumous work before us , published ...
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... opinion that these tables might have been more methodically and intelligibly exhibited , and although several petty mistakes might easily be pointed out in them , we cannot help considering the work as an useful com- panion to the ...
... opinion that these tables might have been more methodically and intelligibly exhibited , and although several petty mistakes might easily be pointed out in them , we cannot help considering the work as an useful com- panion to the ...
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... opinion of certain ladies of his acquaintance ; saying that , for his own part , he has never read them . The female acquaintances even of Dr. Darwin are not , we presume , all poetesses and philosophers . He will probably be be ...
... opinion of certain ladies of his acquaintance ; saying that , for his own part , he has never read them . The female acquaintances even of Dr. Darwin are not , we presume , all poetesses and philosophers . He will probably be be ...
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... opinion of the talents and ingenuity of the writer , but without being persuaded that he has rendered any very es- sential service to the Christian cause . ART . ART . XV . The Voyage of Hanno , translated 58 Elrington's Sermons .
... opinion of the talents and ingenuity of the writer , but without being persuaded that he has rendered any very es- sential service to the Christian cause . ART . ART . XV . The Voyage of Hanno , translated 58 Elrington's Sermons .
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... opinion of the Chinese ; thus to counteract the prejudices which the Company's records testify to have been enter , tained in that country against the morals and manners of the English . " The Ambassador dispersed through the squadron ...
... opinion of the Chinese ; thus to counteract the prejudices which the Company's records testify to have been enter , tained in that country against the morals and manners of the English . " The Ambassador dispersed through the squadron ...
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