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 Th Classics. Designed Chiefly for the Junior Students in the Universities, and the Higher Classes in Schools, Volume 1Messrs. Rivington, 1803 - Bibliography |
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... interesting to mankind in general , and peculiarly fo to Britons . Excellent Remark of Frederic King of Prufia upon this fubject . The Sources of our Information are numerous and authentic . A Sketch of thofe memorable Reigns during ...
... interesting to mankind in general , and peculiarly fo to Britons . Excellent Remark of Frederic King of Prufia upon this fubject . The Sources of our Information are numerous and authentic . A Sketch of thofe memorable Reigns during ...
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... interesting to the world at large . The condition of focial intercourfe among thofe , who have had the advantages of a liberal educa- tion , is at prefent fo happily improved , that tion , 2 THE INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER .
... interesting to the world at large . The condition of focial intercourfe among thofe , who have had the advantages of a liberal educa- tion , is at prefent fo happily improved , that tion , 2 THE INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER .
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... interesting part of his work , which related to a period , that In his Odes , Horace feems to unite the ease of Anacreon to the fublimity of Pindar . He is more perfpicuous , and certainly has much more variety of fubjects , than the ...
... interesting part of his work , which related to a period , that In his Odes , Horace feems to unite the ease of Anacreon to the fublimity of Pindar . He is more perfpicuous , and certainly has much more variety of fubjects , than the ...
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... interesting detail of threats and promifes , foretold the exact manner in which his people were ordained to be happy or miferable , according as they followed or disobeyed the divine laws . At a fubfequent pe- riod , when Jerufalem was ...
... interesting detail of threats and promifes , foretold the exact manner in which his people were ordained to be happy or miferable , according as they followed or disobeyed the divine laws . At a fubfequent pe- riod , when Jerufalem was ...
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... interesting ; while the Iphigenia in Tauris , and the legislation of Solon , are objects of univerfal admiration . " De Pauw , vol . i . p . 56 . Afcbyli Perfe , 1. 463 , & c . t B. C. 354 . dominions , dominions , was affifted by ...
... interesting ; while the Iphigenia in Tauris , and the legislation of Solon , are objects of univerfal admiration . " De Pauw , vol . i . p . 56 . Afcbyli Perfe , 1. 463 , & c . t B. C. 354 . dominions , dominions , was affifted by ...
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