The Monthly Review, Or, Literary JournalR. Griffiths, 1817 |
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... light which shone around the shepherds may be explained by the supposi- tion of a similar phænomenon . He seems throughout his book to have had in view the critics of the Salons de Paris ; among whom , whatever faith they may profess ...
... light which shone around the shepherds may be explained by the supposi- tion of a similar phænomenon . He seems throughout his book to have had in view the critics of the Salons de Paris ; among whom , whatever faith they may profess ...
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... light of the moon ; the word sacristy is used without ex- planation , as if it were as familiar to an English as a French reader ; and the word réconnoissance , given as the meaning the Arabic word Arafat , is translated gratitude ...
... light of the moon ; the word sacristy is used without ex- planation , as if it were as familiar to an English as a French reader ; and the word réconnoissance , given as the meaning the Arabic word Arafat , is translated gratitude ...
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... light , that we ought always to receive it with thankfulness , although apparently unimportant ; yet we confess that we have seldom met with any thing , bearing the name of experimental investigation , which was more trifling , in ...
... light , that we ought always to receive it with thankfulness , although apparently unimportant ; yet we confess that we have seldom met with any thing , bearing the name of experimental investigation , which was more trifling , in ...
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... Light . By David Brewster , LL.D. F.R.S. London and Edinburgh . - It is observed by Dr. Brewster that no subject has been more frequently investigated than the structure and functions of the eye : yet he thinks that none has less repaid ...
... Light . By David Brewster , LL.D. F.R.S. London and Edinburgh . - It is observed by Dr. Brewster that no subject has been more frequently investigated than the structure and functions of the eye : yet he thinks that none has less repaid ...
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... light which he had thrown on the subject . It is not a little remarkable that one of his temperate and truly patriotic pub- lications on the national debt was stigmatized , by the short- sighted selfishness or malignant bigotry of the ...
... light which he had thrown on the subject . It is not a little remarkable that one of his temperate and truly patriotic pub- lications on the national debt was stigmatized , by the short- sighted selfishness or malignant bigotry of the ...
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