The Director: A Weekly Literary Journal: Containing I. Essays, on Subjects of Literature, the Fine Arts and Manners. II. Bibliographana. Account of Rare and Curious Books and of the Book Sales in this Country, from the Close of the Seventeenth Century. III. Royal Institution. Analyses of the Lectures Delivered Weekly. IV. British Gallery. Description of the Principal Pictures Exhibited ... V. 1-2: Jan. 24-July 4, 1807, Band 1Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Frognall Longman, Hurst, 1807 |
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... ture , or when the libidinous and disgust- ing vices of the heathen mythology , are displayed in the colours of Titian , or by the sublime powers of Michael Angelo , the eye , that would remain pure and un- contaminated , should turn ...
... ture , or when the libidinous and disgust- ing vices of the heathen mythology , are displayed in the colours of Titian , or by the sublime powers of Michael Angelo , the eye , that would remain pure and un- contaminated , should turn ...
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... ture , on muscular motion , by John Pear- son , Esq . F. R. S. was read . Mr. Pearson described the difference of the muscular power of the arterial system as connected with a difference of climate . In the same species of animal , the ...
... ture , on muscular motion , by John Pear- son , Esq . F. R. S. was read . Mr. Pearson described the difference of the muscular power of the arterial system as connected with a difference of climate . In the same species of animal , the ...
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... ture , to supply the first wants of the ris- ing plant . The leaves absorb gaseous matter and moisture by their lower sur- faces , whilst their upper surfaces per- form the function of transpiration . The flowers are the reproductive ...
... ture , to supply the first wants of the ris- ing plant . The leaves absorb gaseous matter and moisture by their lower sur- faces , whilst their upper surfaces per- form the function of transpiration . The flowers are the reproductive ...
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... ture . Rocks , according to Mr. D. by their decomposition , form asoil ; different species in very different periods . Lichens and mosses are their first productions , and lastly a mold is formed capable of supporting grasses . Peat he ...
... ture . Rocks , according to Mr. D. by their decomposition , form asoil ; different species in very different periods . Lichens and mosses are their first productions , and lastly a mold is formed capable of supporting grasses . Peat he ...
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... ture on the rise and progress of English Literature , took a view of the poetry of Richard Rolle , and Laurence Minot . Of the former it was observed that his principal poem ( a religious one ) called The pricke of conscience ...
... ture on the rise and progress of English Literature , took a view of the poetry of Richard Rolle , and Laurence Minot . Of the former it was observed that his principal poem ( a religious one ) called The pricke of conscience ...
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