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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... original structure than others . The editor mourns for the loss of compositions of such interest and anti- quity , ' and refuses to be comforted , because they are not but really , unless the missing stanzas savoured less strongly of ...
... original structure than others . The editor mourns for the loss of compositions of such interest and anti- quity , ' and refuses to be comforted , because they are not but really , unless the missing stanzas savoured less strongly of ...
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... original words of the tune of “ Allan Water , " by which name the song is mentioned in RAMSAY'S Tea- Table Miscellany . The ballad is given from tradition ; and it is said that a bridge , over the Annan , was built in consequence of the ...
... original words of the tune of “ Allan Water , " by which name the song is mentioned in RAMSAY'S Tea- Table Miscellany . The ballad is given from tradition ; and it is said that a bridge , over the Annan , was built in consequence of the ...
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... original composition may vanish in a translation but let us , for the sake of 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 ...
... original composition may vanish in a translation but let us , for the sake of 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 ...
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... original barbarism . We cannot perceive the merit of writing persuadeëd , writeër , hapen , accustomeing , filthie , and so forth . Altogether , indeed , we suspect that neither Mr. Ritson's taste in eating , nor his literary hash ...
... original barbarism . We cannot perceive the merit of writing persuadeëd , writeër , hapen , accustomeing , filthie , and so forth . Altogether , indeed , we suspect that neither Mr. Ritson's taste in eating , nor his literary hash ...
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... original matter . A redundant style , approaching to that of lapidary inscriptions , was cultivated by the writers of Latin , in the age of Poggio ; and it was scarcely possible for his his- torian and translator to escape some degree ...
... original matter . A redundant style , approaching to that of lapidary inscriptions , was cultivated by the writers of Latin , in the age of Poggio ; and it was scarcely possible for his his- torian and translator to escape some degree ...
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