Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal EnlargedRalph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1820 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... nature , to be pleasing to the mind . As real history gives us not the success of things according to the deserts of vice and virtue , fiction corrects it , and displays to us the fates and fortunes of persons rewarded or punished ...
... nature , to be pleasing to the mind . As real history gives us not the success of things according to the deserts of vice and virtue , fiction corrects it , and displays to us the fates and fortunes of persons rewarded or punished ...
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... nature . No fictitious distress , or imaginary change of fortune , affects us in our young days more powerfully than the real events recorded by history , such as the fall of Macedon , and the adversities of Demetrius and Pyrrhus : for ...
... nature . No fictitious distress , or imaginary change of fortune , affects us in our young days more powerfully than the real events recorded by history , such as the fall of Macedon , and the adversities of Demetrius and Pyrrhus : for ...
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... and we believe is not to be acquired without a local acquaintance with the country , we must refer the curious on topics of this nature to the book itself . The The dexterities of Anastasius in martial exercises , and a 14 Anastasius .
... and we believe is not to be acquired without a local acquaintance with the country , we must refer the curious on topics of this nature to the book itself . The The dexterities of Anastasius in martial exercises , and a 14 Anastasius .
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... nature . It appears , also , that , out of 20,000 Mo- hammedans in the island of Bombay , only about 100 had two wives , and only five had three ; so that the practical effect of polygamy is trifling indeed on any thing but domestic ...
... nature . It appears , also , that , out of 20,000 Mo- hammedans in the island of Bombay , only about 100 had two wives , and only five had three ; so that the practical effect of polygamy is trifling indeed on any thing but domestic ...
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... nature was shortly afterward made at Firando . The Editor has stated that , about this period , and a few years subsequently , the English adventurers also carried on no inconsiderable traffic with the neighbouring islands of Loo Choo ...
... nature was shortly afterward made at Firando . The Editor has stated that , about this period , and a few years subsequently , the English adventurers also carried on no inconsiderable traffic with the neighbouring islands of Loo Choo ...
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