Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science: With Lists of the Most Approved Authors, Including the Best Editions of the Classics ; Designed Chiefly for the Junior Students in the Universities and the Higher Classes in Schools ; in Two Volumes. 1Messrs. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard; Hatchard, Piccadilly; and Egerton, Withehall; J. Parker and J. Cooke, Oxford; and Deighton, Cambridge, 1806 - 564 oldal |
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... must be firft fown before flowers can expand , and fruit can ripen and be gathered . That no work of man can be free from imper . fection and error , is a truth which the author would not repeat , if his experience did not fully ...
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... must allow , that all fyftems of Edu- cation , if constituted upon right principles , fhould be well adapted to the fituations of thofe , for whose service they are intended . In felecting the topics of the following work , I have ...
... must allow , that all fyftems of Edu- cation , if constituted upon right principles , fhould be well adapted to the fituations of thofe , for whose service they are intended . In felecting the topics of the following work , I have ...
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... must be convinced of its excellence , par- ticularly as it is the vehicle of productions eminent- ly diftinguished by Genius , Tafte , Learning , and Science . And as Language fhould be confidered not merely as a channel to convey our ...
... must be convinced of its excellence , par- ticularly as it is the vehicle of productions eminent- ly diftinguished by Genius , Tafte , Learning , and Science . And as Language fhould be confidered not merely as a channel to convey our ...
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... COMMERCE ; to have a knowledge of their leading principles must be allowed to be highly ufeful and important to every English Gentleman . Since Since it is a prevailing fashion , particularly among the THE INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 11.
... COMMERCE ; to have a knowledge of their leading principles must be allowed to be highly ufeful and important to every English Gentleman . Since Since it is a prevailing fashion , particularly among the THE INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 11.
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... must be ftruck by a remarkable peculi- arity of narrative and argument , which runs through every part of them . There is no appear- ance of artifice in the facred Writers ; no endea- vour to raise the reputation of friends , or depre ...
... must be ftruck by a remarkable peculi- arity of narrative and argument , which runs through every part of them . There is no appear- ance of artifice in the facred Writers ; no endea- vour to raise the reputation of friends , or depre ...
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Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal ... Henry Kett Nincs elérhető előnézet - 1806 |
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