The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ...A. Phelps, 1826 - 312 страница |
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... describes the surface of the earth ; the shape and size of the land and seas ; the bounda- ries of nations , and their climate and natural produc- tions . It also teaches the character of the inhabitants ; their government , religion ...
... describes the surface of the earth ; the shape and size of the land and seas ; the bounda- ries of nations , and their climate and natural produc- tions . It also teaches the character of the inhabitants ; their government , religion ...
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... describe the stars , classed them into figures of men and beasts , called Constellations , and there were fifty of these . The moderns have added twenty - four others ; so that the celestial globe , in which the stars are accurately ...
... describe the stars , classed them into figures of men and beasts , called Constellations , and there were fifty of these . The moderns have added twenty - four others ; so that the celestial globe , in which the stars are accurately ...
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... describe the cause , in truth only defines the phenomena . 3. If , says Sir R. Phillips , the earth were composed of fixed matter only , there could be no tides ; and if of fluid matter only , there could be no tides ; because in ...
... describe the cause , in truth only defines the phenomena . 3. If , says Sir R. Phillips , the earth were composed of fixed matter only , there could be no tides ; and if of fluid matter only , there could be no tides ; because in ...
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... describing improvements to the living , and of trans- mitting them to posterity . 396. The language of savage nations is , however , very limited they are able to call a few hundred things by their names ; to express some qualities ...
... describing improvements to the living , and of trans- mitting them to posterity . 396. The language of savage nations is , however , very limited they are able to call a few hundred things by their names ; to express some qualities ...
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... describe the position of nouns in regard to each other ; as to , from , above , below , & c . were also among those necessary to a language , and these were called pre - POSITIONS . 400. The seventh class was a mere refinement of speech ...
... describe the position of nouns in regard to each other ; as to , from , above , below , & c . were also among those necessary to a language , and these were called pre - POSITIONS . 400. The seventh class was a mere refinement of speech ...
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