A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First Invasion of the Romans, to the Year 1763: With Genealogical and Political Tables ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 - Great Britain |
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... means of immediately find- ing the date and principal circumstances of the most remarkable events that have occurred at any period . It must , however , be confessed , that in • President Henault's work , the accounts relating to the ...
... means of immediately find- ing the date and principal circumstances of the most remarkable events that have occurred at any period . It must , however , be confessed , that in • President Henault's work , the accounts relating to the ...
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... means of facilitating the use of that artifi cial memory , by which certain ideas being once con- nected in the mind with certain numbers or figures , produce a simultaneous recollection . 1 There will be also at the end of the last ...
... means of facilitating the use of that artifi cial memory , by which certain ideas being once con- nected in the mind with certain numbers or figures , produce a simultaneous recollection . 1 There will be also at the end of the last ...
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... means , in my opinion , to prevent its being forgotten ; as , instead of the childish and troublesome task of learning it by rote , youth will be enabled to engrave it on their memory by the easiest exertion of their own reflection and ...
... means , in my opinion , to prevent its being forgotten ; as , instead of the childish and troublesome task of learning it by rote , youth will be enabled to engrave it on their memory by the easiest exertion of their own reflection and ...
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... mean time he assembled his army on the opposite shore , and collected a large fleet , that all things might be ready for his embar- kation as soon as Volusenus returned . The Britons having received notice of the im pending storm ...
... mean time he assembled his army on the opposite shore , and collected a large fleet , that all things might be ready for his embar- kation as soon as Volusenus returned . The Britons having received notice of the im pending storm ...
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... means in their power to defend this sacred island , which afforded them shel- ter and protection after their defeats . The women and priests were intermingled with the soldiers upon the shore , and running about with flaming torches ...
... means in their power to defend this sacred island , which afforded them shel- ter and protection after their defeats . The women and priests were intermingled with the soldiers upon the shore , and running about with flaming torches ...
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