Arithmetical questions, on a new plan: a suppl. to Introduction to arithmetic1795 |
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... length , in rooms appropriated to educa tion . To a library thus furnished , the parents of fuch children , as are capable of benefiting by it , could not reasonably object to fubfcribe 10s . a year ; a fum , which , in a tolerably ...
... length , in rooms appropriated to educa tion . To a library thus furnished , the parents of fuch children , as are capable of benefiting by it , could not reasonably object to fubfcribe 10s . a year ; a fum , which , in a tolerably ...
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... length . There are fuppofed to be 450 comets belonging to the folar fyftem ; but the periods of three of them only are known with any certainty . Thefe return at intervals of 75 , 129 , and 575 years . Dr. Halley , at firft , fuppofed ...
... length . There are fuppofed to be 450 comets belonging to the folar fyftem ; but the periods of three of them only are known with any certainty . Thefe return at intervals of 75 , 129 , and 575 years . Dr. Halley , at firft , fuppofed ...
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... length deftroyed by Scipio , the fecond Africanus , in the third Punic war . The conduct of the wife of Afdrubal , the Carthaginian commander , on this occafion is worthy of narration . After upbraiding the perfidious wretch , her ...
... length deftroyed by Scipio , the fecond Africanus , in the third Punic war . The conduct of the wife of Afdrubal , the Carthaginian commander , on this occafion is worthy of narration . After upbraiding the perfidious wretch , her ...
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William Butler. at length fubdued POMPEY , the great rival of his growing power , and ftill purfuing his favourite maxim , " That he had rather be the first man in a village , than the fecond in Rome , " he aimed at the im- perial ...
William Butler. at length fubdued POMPEY , the great rival of his growing power , and ftill purfuing his favourite maxim , " That he had rather be the first man in a village , than the fecond in Rome , " he aimed at the im- perial ...
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... length finally deftroyed by the latter people under TITUS , the fon of Vefpafian , who not only levelled the buildings to the ground , but even entirely razed the city with the plough ; fo that , in conformity to our Saviour's ...
... length finally deftroyed by the latter people under TITUS , the fon of Vefpafian , who not only levelled the buildings to the ground , but even entirely razed the city with the plough ; fo that , in conformity to our Saviour's ...
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