Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal EnlargedRalph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths R. Griffiths., 1818 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 74
עמוד 13
... considerable inten- sity of heat . With a lump of ice , of by no means regular convex- ity , I have frequently burnt wood , fired gunpowder , melted lead , and lit the sailors ' pipes , to their great astonishment ; all of whom , who ...
... considerable inten- sity of heat . With a lump of ice , of by no means regular convex- ity , I have frequently burnt wood , fired gunpowder , melted lead , and lit the sailors ' pipes , to their great astonishment ; all of whom , who ...
עמוד 14
... considerable magnitude . The rocks of sand - stone may be considered as forming one great bed , nearly two miles in thickness , divided into regular strata , some of these exceeding four feet , others only a few lines in thickness ...
... considerable magnitude . The rocks of sand - stone may be considered as forming one great bed , nearly two miles in thickness , divided into regular strata , some of these exceeding four feet , others only a few lines in thickness ...
עמוד 21
... considerable ability , with some practice in the art of writing : but it is rather brilliant than correct , and seems more calculated to produce effect than to convey important truths , or to illus- trate a train of argument . It is ...
... considerable ability , with some practice in the art of writing : but it is rather brilliant than correct , and seems more calculated to produce effect than to convey important truths , or to illus- trate a train of argument . It is ...
עמוד 38
... considerable share in composing the plan of Lord Chatham , the Doctor assures us that all the part which he took in it was to add the single word " Constitutions " after " Charters . " On the day following the above - mentioned ...
... considerable share in composing the plan of Lord Chatham , the Doctor assures us that all the part which he took in it was to add the single word " Constitutions " after " Charters . " On the day following the above - mentioned ...
עמוד 58
... . Pym has inadvertently argued on the supposition that all those who have passed any considerable length of time in the East and West West Indies must have had yellow fever . A still 58 Bancroft's Sequel to an Essay on the Yellow Fever .
... . Pym has inadvertently argued on the supposition that all those who have passed any considerable length of time in the East and West West Indies must have had yellow fever . A still 58 Bancroft's Sequel to an Essay on the Yellow Fever .
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Æneid antient appears ascer attention Banyuwangi basalt beautiful Boards botany Brahmanical called Calvinistic Captain character Chenoo church common contains dicotyledonous disease distinct doctrine Dry Rot effect English equally express fact favour feeling feet fiorin former French fungi give honour Iceland important inhabitants instance interesting island Japan Japanese Java King of Saxony knowlege labour land language manner matter means mechanical philosophy medal ment mind mode moral nation native nature never notice o'er object observations occasion opinion original parish particular passage persons phænomena plants poem poor present principles prisoners proceed propositions prove readers reason remark respect river Saxon says seems shew society species specimen Stewart sufficient supposed tain taste thing timber tion translation truth Turnus volume Wapentakes whole words writer yellow fever Zaira Zaire
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 160 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
עמוד 222 - It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way : thou wouldst be great ; Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it: what thou wouldst highly, That wouldst thou holily ; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win: thou'dst have, great Glamis, That which cries ' Thus thou must do, if thou have it; And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should be undone.
עמוד 29 - But mark how luxury will enter families, and make a progress, in spite of principle: being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a China bowl, with a spoon of silver! They had been bought for me without my knowledge by my wife, and had cost her the enormous sum of...
עמוד 29 - We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a two-penny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon.
עמוד 27 - The institution soon manifested its utility, was imitated by other towns, and in other provinces. The libraries were augmented by donations; reading became fashionable; and our people, having no...
עמוד 29 - Deity; that he made the world, and govern'd it by his Providence; that the most acceptable service of God was the doing good to man; that our souls are immortal; and that all crime will be punished, and virtue rewarded, either here or hereafter.
עמוד 10 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
עמוד 33 - Hell that could well be imagin'd; there was no appeasing the tumult, and we retired to our lodging. At midnight, a number of them came thundering at our door, demanding more rum, of which we took no notice. "The next day, sensible they had...
עמוד 60 - In compliance with this appointment, the lord mayor, the .sheriffs, and several of the aldermen attended. The prisoners were .assembled together ; and it being requested that no alteration in their usual practice might take place, one of the ladies read a chapter in the Bible, and then the females proceeded to their various avocations. Their attention...
עמוד 28 - My circumstances, however, grew daily easier. My original habits of frugality continuing, and my father having, among his instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon, " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...