The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Том 21R. Griffiths, 1759 |
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... knowledge , and improvement of the understanding ; the politenefs and urbanity , and toge- ther with them , the deceitfulnefs and hypocrify of modern converfation ; extended commerce , with its fure concomi- tant luxury ; a fondness for ...
... knowledge , and improvement of the understanding ; the politenefs and urbanity , and toge- ther with them , the deceitfulnefs and hypocrify of modern converfation ; extended commerce , with its fure concomi- tant luxury ; a fondness for ...
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... knowledge : and then adds- But we promise ourselves , that it will be the happiness of the prefent age to fee every obftacle removed , which might retard a general improvement in husbandry , the ge- " nuine and original fource of the ...
... knowledge : and then adds- But we promise ourselves , that it will be the happiness of the prefent age to fee every obftacle removed , which might retard a general improvement in husbandry , the ge- " nuine and original fource of the ...
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... knowledge of ⚫ the variation as has been obferved before , even practically deter- ' mine the longitude at fea ? ' We cannot conclude this article , without wishing that the ingeni- ous Mr. Mountaine ( the other gentleman , Mr. Dodfon ...
... knowledge of ⚫ the variation as has been obferved before , even practically deter- ' mine the longitude at fea ? ' We cannot conclude this article , without wishing that the ingeni- ous Mr. Mountaine ( the other gentleman , Mr. Dodfon ...
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... knowledge entitle him to particular regard . < ' S It is very poffible that the obfcure pamphlet above - men- tioned may be as unknown , as the writer of it , to the learned Dean . He has therefore no right to treat the De- dication ...
... knowledge entitle him to particular regard . < ' S It is very poffible that the obfcure pamphlet above - men- tioned may be as unknown , as the writer of it , to the learned Dean . He has therefore no right to treat the De- dication ...
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... knowledge in this branch of the art , to be gathered from the few pages of this author , than from any of their celebrated voluminous writers , most of which are either fo immethodical , or fo prolix , that it is hardly poffible , to ...
... knowledge in this branch of the art , to be gathered from the few pages of this author , than from any of their celebrated voluminous writers , most of which are either fo immethodical , or fo prolix , that it is hardly poffible , to ...
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