The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 51R. Griffiths, 1774 - Books |
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... knowledge , as well as pleased with the ufefulness and goodnefs of his views . Dr. Campbell gives , in his preface , a fhort account of the nature of his undertaking ; and he befpeaks the candour of the Public in a manner which cannot ...
... knowledge , as well as pleased with the ufefulness and goodnefs of his views . Dr. Campbell gives , in his preface , a fhort account of the nature of his undertaking ; and he befpeaks the candour of the Public in a manner which cannot ...
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... knowledge of the Hebrew metre is not fo entirely loft that we should de- fpair of recovering it ; that it does not altogether correfpond with the Arabic metre , the verfes of the latter terminating in an uniform manner , which is not ...
... knowledge of the Hebrew metre is not fo entirely loft that we should de- fpair of recovering it ; that it does not altogether correfpond with the Arabic metre , the verfes of the latter terminating in an uniform manner , which is not ...
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... knowledge , is what I do not know he is only twenty years of age . He was at Berlin fome years ago , and therefore he returns thither ; for at pre- fent people are attracted towards the north , by the fame motives which but lately drew ...
... knowledge , is what I do not know he is only twenty years of age . He was at Berlin fome years ago , and therefore he returns thither ; for at pre- fent people are attracted towards the north , by the fame motives which but lately drew ...
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... knowledge of the man , all that I have faid of his works . Monfieur de Maupertuis ( whom I hope you will get acquainted with ) is , what one rarely meets with , deep in philofophy and ma- thematics , and yet bonnéte et amiable homme ...
... knowledge of the man , all that I have faid of his works . Monfieur de Maupertuis ( whom I hope you will get acquainted with ) is , what one rarely meets with , deep in philofophy and ma- thematics , and yet bonnéte et amiable homme ...
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... knowledge , or any uncommon penetration and fagacity . Women alone formed and raised him . The Dutchefs of Burgundy took a fancy to him , and had him before he was fixteen years old ; this put him in fashion among the beau monde : and ...
... knowledge , or any uncommon penetration and fagacity . Women alone formed and raised him . The Dutchefs of Burgundy took a fancy to him , and had him before he was fixteen years old ; this put him in fashion among the beau monde : and ...
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