Monthly Review; Or New Literary JournalR. Griffiths., 1830 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... whole reflected upon the glassy surface of the lake , like an inverted picture . With impressions like these on his mind , it is evident that he began this landscape ; and it may , therefore , be fairly inferred that it owes its origin ...
... whole reflected upon the glassy surface of the lake , like an inverted picture . With impressions like these on his mind , it is evident that he began this landscape ; and it may , therefore , be fairly inferred that it owes its origin ...
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... whole figure on a kit - kat canvass . To such prices as these , however , Romney was obliged to submit during the early part of his career . Indeed , such was the peculiar modesty of his genius , that even when his fame raised him to ...
... whole figure on a kit - kat canvass . To such prices as these , however , Romney was obliged to submit during the early part of his career . Indeed , such was the peculiar modesty of his genius , that even when his fame raised him to ...
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... whole of his future destiny , he should be anxious not to expose himself to serious expences . We cannot therefore see , with Hayley , any thing criminal in Romney's leaving his wife and family in the coun- try , while he tried his ...
... whole of his future destiny , he should be anxious not to expose himself to serious expences . We cannot therefore see , with Hayley , any thing criminal in Romney's leaving his wife and family in the coun- try , while he tried his ...
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... whole painting was a coat and waistcoat subject , as if , like the Picts and Scots , the troops in America should have fought naked ! The sense of shame , if not of justice , prevailed , however , against these paltry efforts of envy ...
... whole painting was a coat and waistcoat subject , as if , like the Picts and Scots , the troops in America should have fought naked ! The sense of shame , if not of justice , prevailed , however , against these paltry efforts of envy ...
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... whole moving round with incredible velocity . This spectacle was caused by the wings of the insects , which alone could be distinguished . Each of these flies , after having described one or two orbits , fell to the earth , or into the ...
... whole moving round with incredible velocity . This spectacle was caused by the wings of the insects , which alone could be distinguished . Each of these flies , after having described one or two orbits , fell to the earth , or into the ...
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Page 54 - I saw in this condition I was as a man who was pulling down his house upon the head of his wife and children ; yet thought I, I must do it, I must do it. And now I thought on those two milch kine that were to carry the ark of God into another country, to leave their calves behind them.