THE MONTHLY REVIEW OR LITERARY JOURNAL1781 |
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... means not to recommend fpeculation , but practice ; not to innovate , but to reftore : his defign , in short , is to speak in favour of that ancient fyftem of education which confifts in a claffical difcipline , and which has produced ...
... means not to recommend fpeculation , but practice ; not to innovate , but to reftore : his defign , in short , is to speak in favour of that ancient fyftem of education which confifts in a claffical difcipline , and which has produced ...
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... means the effects of a generous and noble fpirit , but of a bad and an effeminate heart . It will indeed be much better to bring any improper behaviour into difgrace , than to animadvert upon it with feverity , Time , and experience of ...
... means the effects of a generous and noble fpirit , but of a bad and an effeminate heart . It will indeed be much better to bring any improper behaviour into difgrace , than to animadvert upon it with feverity , Time , and experience of ...
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... means to fave all these from deftraction , and to obtain the natural advantages of thefe diftinguished feminaries . In the first place , boys fhould not be fent to the university fo young as they often are . It is really cruel to let a ...
... means to fave all these from deftraction , and to obtain the natural advantages of thefe diftinguished feminaries . In the first place , boys fhould not be fent to the university fo young as they often are . It is really cruel to let a ...
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... means only act as manures and that the growth of plants is affected by cli mate , in proportion to the degree of light and perspiration which refults from the fun and moon's joint influence . ' In the fecond part the Author confiders ...
... means only act as manures and that the growth of plants is affected by cli mate , in proportion to the degree of light and perspiration which refults from the fun and moon's joint influence . ' In the fecond part the Author confiders ...
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... means of two elliptic arcs ; a difcovery which he first published in the Philof . Tranfact . for 1775. He fays ... means of the rectification of the ellipfis and hyperbola . The 3d Mem . is on the defcent of a body in a circular arc ...
... means of two elliptic arcs ; a difcovery which he first published in the Philof . Tranfact . for 1775. He fays ... means of the rectification of the ellipfis and hyperbola . The 3d Mem . is on the defcent of a body in a circular arc ...
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