Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged, 15. köideRalph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1756 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... defign , but through imprudence , and want of fkill , he may be fued by an action of quafi - male - feazance , and must suffer fuch a penalty , which feems equitable to the confcience of a fuperior judge . ' ( i ) tis parentis in ...
... defign , but through imprudence , and want of fkill , he may be fued by an action of quafi - male - feazance , and must suffer fuch a penalty , which feems equitable to the confcience of a fuperior judge . ' ( i ) tis parentis in ...
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... defign that it should ever appear in public , this will • account for his having kept no copy of it , and confequent- ly for its not appearing among the reft of his works . By what means it came into the hands of the editor , is not at ...
... defign that it should ever appear in public , this will • account for his having kept no copy of it , and confequent- ly for its not appearing among the reft of his works . By what means it came into the hands of the editor , is not at ...
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... defign . Revolve our whole difcourfe ; add to it all thofe reflecti- ⚫ons which your own good understanding fhall fuggeft , and ' make a ftrenuous effort beyond the reach of vulgar philofo- phy , to confefs , that the cause of ...
... defign . Revolve our whole difcourfe ; add to it all thofe reflecti- ⚫ons which your own good understanding fhall fuggeft , and ' make a ftrenuous effort beyond the reach of vulgar philofo- phy , to confefs , that the cause of ...
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... defign of the Abbé de Condillac , in the firft part of his Ellay , is to explain to us how the mind opens , and how its functions spread . To this firft part , and principal in- tention of our Abbé , we shall at prefent confine ...
... defign of the Abbé de Condillac , in the firft part of his Ellay , is to explain to us how the mind opens , and how its functions spread . To this firft part , and principal in- tention of our Abbé , we shall at prefent confine ...
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... defign of writing his life in Latin . * This is not ftrictly true . Some lines in the Effay on Criticism , and particularly thofe relating to Erafmus , having difpleafed many bigotted Catholics , Pope fays , in one of his Letters to the ...
... defign of writing his life in Latin . * This is not ftrictly true . Some lines in the Effay on Criticism , and particularly thofe relating to Erafmus , having difpleafed many bigotted Catholics , Pope fays , in one of his Letters to the ...
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