The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 81R. Griffiths, 1789 - Books |
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... plead pre- fcription for pedantry ; the writer of a dictionary , if attached to words of any defcription , has peculiar advantages towards ftoring them in his memory ; and if they be terms which occur but rarely , the difficulty of ...
... plead pre- fcription for pedantry ; the writer of a dictionary , if attached to words of any defcription , has peculiar advantages towards ftoring them in his memory ; and if they be terms which occur but rarely , the difficulty of ...
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... plead the cause of the abfent , to defend the rights of the weak , to bring forward modeft merit ; indifferent to all fyftems , having no object in view but truth ; never adopting an opinion without ex- amination ; never paffing ...
... plead the cause of the abfent , to defend the rights of the weak , to bring forward modeft merit ; indifferent to all fyftems , having no object in view but truth ; never adopting an opinion without ex- amination ; never paffing ...
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... pleading the cause of Diffenters on principles of liberality , fuch an inftance will ap pear as a refpectable phenomenon ; and we fhall rejoice , either at the reformation of a church , which , while it denied the fal vation of heretics ...
... pleading the cause of Diffenters on principles of liberality , fuch an inftance will ap pear as a refpectable phenomenon ; and we fhall rejoice , either at the reformation of a church , which , while it denied the fal vation of heretics ...
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... pleaded , in the various abuse that has been thrown out on Catholics , it feems never to recur to any one that many valuable parts of the English conftitution were framed by them . ' Granted . He adds , The English Catholics , then ...
... pleaded , in the various abuse that has been thrown out on Catholics , it feems never to recur to any one that many valuable parts of the English conftitution were framed by them . ' Granted . He adds , The English Catholics , then ...
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... pleading , that it has been held by other eminent divines , and is not inconfiftent with the doctrine of fcripture . Mr. Lindsey concludes with fome remarks on Dr. Horne's merits as a fcripture - critic , particularly as it appears in ...
... pleading , that it has been held by other eminent divines , and is not inconfiftent with the doctrine of fcripture . Mr. Lindsey concludes with fome remarks on Dr. Horne's merits as a fcripture - critic , particularly as it appears in ...
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Page 233 - I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away ; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Page 146 - Finally, brethren, whatfoever things are ' true, whatfoever things are honeft, whatfoever things ' are juft, whatfoever things are pure, whatfoever things ' are lovely, whatfoever things are of good report : If ' there be any virtue, and if there be any praife, think
Page 46 - All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp is brought down to the grave and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Page 137 - AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (fince life can little more fupply Than juft to look about us and to die...
Page 487 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 344 - Thank ye," to his thorn. The Pig set up a dismal yelling; Follow'd the Robber to his dwelling, Who, like a fool, had built it midst a bramble: In manfully he sallied, full of might, Determin'd to obtain his right; And midst the bushes now began to scramble.
Page 405 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
Page 648 - ... forms of Government, with their institutions, civil and religious; you will examine their improvements and methods in arithmetic...
Page 524 - ... quality it cannot •be walked upon. It is of a circular form, and I fup•pofe about three miles in circumference.
Page 467 - Rules to be obferved in every Contingency incident to the Chace Together with an Account of the Vizier's Manner of hunting in the Mogul Empire. By William Blane, Efq.