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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... object of much greater terror to the natives , than to the white people , many of whom were more inclined to make a jest of it ; but to the natives his appearance was 30 frightful , —his clothes shaking in the wind , and the creaking of ...
... object of much greater terror to the natives , than to the white people , many of whom were more inclined to make a jest of it ; but to the natives his appearance was 30 frightful , —his clothes shaking in the wind , and the creaking of ...
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... object of wonder and fear , as they could never be prevailed on to go near it . They asserted , that it would carry off a middle - sized Kan- gooroo . Captain Waterhouse hoped to have brought it to England ; but it was one morning found ...
... object of wonder and fear , as they could never be prevailed on to go near it . They asserted , that it would carry off a middle - sized Kan- gooroo . Captain Waterhouse hoped to have brought it to England ; but it was one morning found ...
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... object of love and admiration . The editor , who knew her well , takes this opportunity of doing justice to his own feelings ; and they are in unison with those of all who knew his regretted friend . ' Though Mr. S. has added two ...
... object of love and admiration . The editor , who knew her well , takes this opportunity of doing justice to his own feelings ; and they are in unison with those of all who knew his regretted friend . ' Though Mr. S. has added two ...
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... object of attention . The worthy Au- thor before us appears to be perfectly novel , at least in his me- thod of writing ; for a letter dated from Mahon or Malta , of his inditing , contains a description of Portsmouth or of Liverpool ...
... object of attention . The worthy Au- thor before us appears to be perfectly novel , at least in his me- thod of writing ; for a letter dated from Mahon or Malta , of his inditing , contains a description of Portsmouth or of Liverpool ...
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... object was large enough to be seen with the naked eye , and to fill it with that species of beauty which Hogarth calls magnitude or quantity , as well as with all the variety of form which the arch and its supporters , and what crowns ...
... object was large enough to be seen with the naked eye , and to fill it with that species of beauty which Hogarth calls magnitude or quantity , as well as with all the variety of form which the arch and its supporters , and what crowns ...
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