Arithmetical questions, on a new plan: a suppl. to Introduction to arithmetic1795 |
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William Butler. best , frivolous novels * , if better books are not at hand . We are fully fenfible with Dr. Knox , that , as a regular course of history would too much interfere with other parts of learning in the academies of young ...
William Butler. best , frivolous novels * , if better books are not at hand . We are fully fenfible with Dr. Knox , that , as a regular course of history would too much interfere with other parts of learning in the academies of young ...
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... hand , which were made ufe of in computations before arithmetic was brought into an art . The Eastern miffionaries affure us , that to this day the Indians are very expert at computing on their fingers without any use of pen or ink ...
... hand , which were made ufe of in computations before arithmetic was brought into an art . The Eastern miffionaries affure us , that to this day the Indians are very expert at computing on their fingers without any use of pen or ink ...
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... hand , For his dear children , and his native land , Though to the duft his mortal part we give , His fame in triumph o'er the grave shall live . TYRTAUS The fleet which accompanied the immenfe land force above men- tioned is faid to ...
... hand , For his dear children , and his native land , Though to the duft his mortal part we give , His fame in triumph o'er the grave shall live . TYRTAUS The fleet which accompanied the immenfe land force above men- tioned is faid to ...
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... hand , whofe wafte These height'ned wants with fatal bounty feeds , From man to man the flack'ning ruin runs , Till the whole ftate , unnerv'd , in flav'ry sinks . THOMSON . The invasion of Greece by Xerxes took place about 481 years ...
... hand , whofe wafte These height'ned wants with fatal bounty feeds , From man to man the flack'ning ruin runs , Till the whole ftate , unnerv'd , in flav'ry sinks . THOMSON . The invasion of Greece by Xerxes took place about 481 years ...
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... hand of the executioner ; and in order to encourage him to an act , to which it seems he was not much inclined , fhe fet him the example . Drawing a dagger fhe plunged it in her breaft , and then prefented it to her husband with that ...
... hand of the executioner ; and in order to encourage him to an act , to which it seems he was not much inclined , fhe fet him the example . Drawing a dagger fhe plunged it in her breaft , and then prefented it to her husband with that ...
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