The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 51R. Griffiths, 1774 - Books |
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... Light- ning , & c . 379 WILSON on the Circulation of the Blood , 396 399 See HOSSACK . VICE , a Satire , 166 WILLIAMS , Dr. on the Gout , 239 Obf . on ditto , VIEW of the Manners , Habits , & c . ib . Rev. Mr. on Educ . 254 of the anc ...
... Light- ning , & c . 379 WILSON on the Circulation of the Blood , 396 399 See HOSSACK . VICE , a Satire , 166 WILLIAMS , Dr. on the Gout , 239 Obf . on ditto , VIEW of the Manners , Habits , & c . ib . Rev. Mr. on Educ . 254 of the anc ...
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... light of ex- perience fhews us that they have been actually practifed already . A manner of writing in respect to the utility of which we may cite the authority of the celebrated John de Witt , than whom , in things of this nature , a ...
... light of ex- perience fhews us that they have been actually practifed already . A manner of writing in respect to the utility of which we may cite the authority of the celebrated John de Witt , than whom , in things of this nature , a ...
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... light kid , and flies the bounding fawn ? Thofe Sylvan wilds fhall I behold again , Where gay NOAMA leads her happy train ? Still deign your banks the arbutus to rear , Ye ftreams of DAREG , fwell'd with many a tear ? Who now shall near ...
... light kid , and flies the bounding fawn ? Thofe Sylvan wilds fhall I behold again , Where gay NOAMA leads her happy train ? Still deign your banks the arbutus to rear , Ye ftreams of DAREG , fwell'd with many a tear ? Who now shall near ...
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... light ; but then you muft acknowledge , that light is often followed by darkness visible , to to use his own expreffion . Befides , not having 26 Lord Chefterfield's Letters to his Son .
... light ; but then you muft acknowledge , that light is often followed by darkness visible , to to use his own expreffion . Befides , not having 26 Lord Chefterfield's Letters to his Son .
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... light , the most immoral and wicked scheme , that was ever contrived by knaves , and executed by madmen and fools , against humanity . There is a strange , but never - failing re- lation , between honeft madmen and skilful knaves ; and ...
... light , the most immoral and wicked scheme , that was ever contrived by knaves , and executed by madmen and fools , against humanity . There is a strange , but never - failing re- lation , between honeft madmen and skilful knaves ; and ...
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