Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal EnlargedR. Griffiths., 1803 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... experiment is more than doubtful : but , be the issue what it may , the annals of this Antipodean colony present a curious variety in the history of our species , which cannot fail to fix the attention and exercise the reasoning of ...
... experiment is more than doubtful : but , be the issue what it may , the annals of this Antipodean colony present a curious variety in the history of our species , which cannot fail to fix the attention and exercise the reasoning of ...
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... experiment , merely change the orthography and pronunciation of two stanzas taken at random , and see how much poetry will remain behind : " Bid him meet me at Penmanscore , And bring four in his company ; Five Earls shall come with ...
... experiment , merely change the orthography and pronunciation of two stanzas taken at random , and see how much poetry will remain behind : " Bid him meet me at Penmanscore , And bring four in his company ; Five Earls shall come with ...
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... experiment , this invaluable medicine may be one day hit upon , though not , it may be , within a very speedy period ; it should be recollected , at the same time , that there are several instances , recorded by vera- cious writeers ...
... experiment , this invaluable medicine may be one day hit upon , though not , it may be , within a very speedy period ; it should be recollected , at the same time , that there are several instances , recorded by vera- cious writeers ...
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... experiment surpassed his most sanguine expectations . Observing his success , some of his neighbours were induced to follow his example : but the crews • crews of the Hookers , alarmed at the growth 62 Whately's Hints on the Irish Fishery .
... experiment surpassed his most sanguine expectations . Observing his success , some of his neighbours were induced to follow his example : but the crews • crews of the Hookers , alarmed at the growth 62 Whately's Hints on the Irish Fishery .
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... experiments with the tram- mel net , on a very small scale , and before the hookers offered him any opposition , in the pursuit of his discovery , he frequently stationed his little boat alongside those vessels , and has repeatedly ...
... experiments with the tram- mel net , on a very small scale , and before the hookers offered him any opposition , in the pursuit of his discovery , he frequently stationed his little boat alongside those vessels , and has repeatedly ...
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