The New Universal Geographical Grammar: Wherein the Situation and Extent of the Several Countries are Laid Down According to the Most Exact Geographical Observations : and the History of All the Different Kingdoms of the World is Interspersed in Such a Manner, as to Render the Study of Geography Both Useful and Entertaining ... Together with an Account of the Air, Soil, Produce ... : and a Chronological Table of Remarkable Events from the Creation to the Present Time, Volume 2J. Spottiswood, 1782 |
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Page iii
... British Isles than any other part of the world , yet in his account of Scotland he is unaccountably deficient : His deficiencies in this respect have been fupplied ; and it hath also been studied to render the Hifto- rical part complete ...
... British Isles than any other part of the world , yet in his account of Scotland he is unaccountably deficient : His deficiencies in this respect have been fupplied ; and it hath also been studied to render the Hifto- rical part complete ...
Page v
... British youth a laudable am- bition to excel in fuch pursuits as most con- duce to their own honour and happiness , and the profperity of their native country , was one prin- cipal motive to this undertaking . Curiofity is natural to ...
... British youth a laudable am- bition to excel in fuch pursuits as most con- duce to their own honour and happiness , and the profperity of their native country , was one prin- cipal motive to this undertaking . Curiofity is natural to ...
Page vii
... British isles than of any other part of the world . Foreigners juftly expect from us a better account of our own coun- try than of distant nations . But notwithstanding I have been more particu- lar in confidering the state of the British ...
... British isles than of any other part of the world . Foreigners juftly expect from us a better account of our own coun- try than of distant nations . But notwithstanding I have been more particu- lar in confidering the state of the British ...
Page ix
... BRITISH ISLES , 341-533 Tranfylvania , 242 Sclavonia , 244 Croatia , 246 England , Wales , Iles of Scotland , 345 470 472 Morlachia , Pruffia , 247 ibid . Scotland in general 478 Ireland , 518 Poland , including Li- thuania , } 251 Isle ...
... BRITISH ISLES , 341-533 Tranfylvania , 242 Sclavonia , 244 Croatia , 246 England , Wales , Iles of Scotland , 345 470 472 Morlachia , Pruffia , 247 ibid . Scotland in general 478 Ireland , 518 Poland , including Li- thuania , } 251 Isle ...
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... BRITISH AMERICA . Page Page America in general , 643 Penfylvania , 659 New Britain , 645 Maryland , 661 Canada , 647 Virginia , 662 New Scotland , 653 North and South Caroli- New England , 655Y na , with Georgia , } 664 New York , 657 ...
... BRITISH AMERICA . Page Page America in general , 643 Penfylvania , 659 New Britain , 645 Maryland , 661 Canada , 647 Virginia , 662 New Scotland , 653 North and South Caroli- New England , 655Y na , with Georgia , } 664 New York , 657 ...
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