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... various fubjects , it cannot reafonably be expected that every article will be alike full and fatisfactory ; yet we know not where to name a manual more replete with ufeful and entertaining matter . " Young Gentleman and Lady's Magazine ...
... various fubjects , it cannot reafonably be expected that every article will be alike full and fatisfactory ; yet we know not where to name a manual more replete with ufeful and entertaining matter . " Young Gentleman and Lady's Magazine ...
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... various . " In the part of the work that treats of the Celestial Globe , the remarks of poets , mythologifts , and hiftorians , concerning the various conftellations , are introduced , and , fometimes , a brief sketch of the natural ...
... various . " In the part of the work that treats of the Celestial Globe , the remarks of poets , mythologifts , and hiftorians , concerning the various conftellations , are introduced , and , fometimes , a brief sketch of the natural ...
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... various figures on the Celestial Globe must be wholly uninterefting , because perfectly unintelligible . The introduction of the Greek Alphabet , with the names and powers of the letters , though but a trivial circumstance in itfelf ...
... various figures on the Celestial Globe must be wholly uninterefting , because perfectly unintelligible . The introduction of the Greek Alphabet , with the names and powers of the letters , though but a trivial circumstance in itfelf ...
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... various fources , on almost every fubject ; and always illuftrative of fome hiftorical fact , or of fome important invention , or devoted to the celebration of heroic deeds in ancient and modern times . AIKIN's Ann . Review , 1808 , Vol ...
... various fources , on almost every fubject ; and always illuftrative of fome hiftorical fact , or of fome important invention , or devoted to the celebration of heroic deeds in ancient and modern times . AIKIN's Ann . Review , 1808 , Vol ...
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... various tables with which it is neceffary that the minds of the youth , of both fexes , fhould be made thoroughly acquainted . The profoundeft fciences have their refpective elements -without a knowledge of which they appear to be a ...
... various tables with which it is neceffary that the minds of the youth , of both fexes , fhould be made thoroughly acquainted . The profoundeft fciences have their refpective elements -without a knowledge of which they appear to be a ...
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