The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 21R. Griffiths, 1759 - Books |
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... CONDUCT of a late Noble Com- mander candidly confidered , 530 of a Noble Lord fcru- 175 185 tinized , CONJUNCT Expeditions , CONSIDERATIONS on the Im- tance of Canada , 537 on the Statutes of 21 and 28 Henry VIII . con- cerning the ...
... CONDUCT of a late Noble Com- mander candidly confidered , 530 of a Noble Lord fcru- 175 185 tinized , CONJUNCT Expeditions , CONSIDERATIONS on the Im- tance of Canada , 537 on the Statutes of 21 and 28 Henry VIII . con- cerning the ...
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... Conduct , 269 TRUE Mentor , TRUTH , and nothing but the 571 YET Truth , 362 268 Juft Publifbed , Price 1 s . 6d . The LONDON POCKET MEMORANDUM BOOK for the Year 1760 . CONTAINING , I. A COMPENDIOUS MEMORANDUM BOOK , properly divid- ed ...
... Conduct , 269 TRUE Mentor , TRUTH , and nothing but the 571 YET Truth , 362 268 Juft Publifbed , Price 1 s . 6d . The LONDON POCKET MEMORANDUM BOOK for the Year 1760 . CONTAINING , I. A COMPENDIOUS MEMORANDUM BOOK , properly divid- ed ...
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... for a General Peace , 576 RECUEIL nouveau des Pieces , 367 REFLECTIONS on the Expedi- tion to Martinico , 85 REMAINS of the Greek Elegiac and Lyric Poets , 453 REMARKS on the Conduct of a Noble Lord , 266 167 SMITH CONTENTS . -vi.
... for a General Peace , 576 RECUEIL nouveau des Pieces , 367 REFLECTIONS on the Expedi- tion to Martinico , 85 REMAINS of the Greek Elegiac and Lyric Poets , 453 REMARKS on the Conduct of a Noble Lord , 266 167 SMITH CONTENTS . -vi.
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... conduct , before it can entirely fympathize with , and beat time to , the gratitude of the perfon who has been benefited , by his actions . If in the conduct of the benefactor there appears to have been no pro- priety , how beneficial ...
... conduct , before it can entirely fympathize with , and beat time to , the gratitude of the perfon who has been benefited , by his actions . If in the conduct of the benefactor there appears to have been no pro- priety , how beneficial ...
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... conduct appears to him abfurd and extravagant in the highest degree , " and he cannot enter into the principles which influence it On the contrary , when we abftain from prefent pleasure , in order to secure greater pleasure to come ...
... conduct appears to him abfurd and extravagant in the highest degree , " and he cannot enter into the principles which influence it On the contrary , when we abftain from prefent pleasure , in order to secure greater pleasure to come ...
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Page 205 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas!
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Page 203 - He laughed himself from court; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief; For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom, and wise Achitophel ; Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left.
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