An Essay on Military Educationauthor; and sold, 1776 - 106 Seiten |
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... acquired , either for the occafional or general application of it to the purposes of life and duty , when the mind is at leisure to trace back effects to their caufes , to follow the progress of virtue and vice , and mark their gradual ...
... acquired , either for the occafional or general application of it to the purposes of life and duty , when the mind is at leisure to trace back effects to their caufes , to follow the progress of virtue and vice , and mark their gradual ...
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... acquiring only a moderate de- gree of fkill in thofe languages : after this he is tranfmitted to one of the univerfities , where he paffes four years more in procuring a more competent knowledge of Latin and Greek , and in learning the ...
... acquiring only a moderate de- gree of fkill in thofe languages : after this he is tranfmitted to one of the univerfities , where he paffes four years more in procuring a more competent knowledge of Latin and Greek , and in learning the ...
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... acquired , without a conti- nual study and application of the best formed rules and precepts , a combination of all poffi- ble events in their minutest complications , and conclufions deduced therefrom and treasured up in the mind ready ...
... acquired , without a conti- nual study and application of the best formed rules and precepts , a combination of all poffi- ble events in their minutest complications , and conclufions deduced therefrom and treasured up in the mind ready ...
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... acquired by study , the examples of Zifca , general of the Huffites , and of Count Pagan , are incontro- vertible proofs : both , in the prime of life , fur- nished the most important leffons in the art of war , the one by his victories ...
... acquired by study , the examples of Zifca , general of the Huffites , and of Count Pagan , are incontro- vertible proofs : both , in the prime of life , fur- nished the most important leffons in the art of war , the one by his victories ...
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... acquired a facility of applying his know- ledge to real occasions , by continually proving and illustrating the truth of it by those that are feigned . The ultimate end of war is fingular- ly great and important ; and the attainment of ...
... acquired a facility of applying his know- ledge to real occasions , by continually proving and illustrating the truth of it by those that are feigned . The ultimate end of war is fingular- ly great and important ; and the attainment of ...
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