An Essay on Military Educationauthor; and sold, 1776 - 106 Seiten |
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... also cenfured as an idle profeffion , that requires little intellectual ability , and lefs application . Impreffed with this character , parents , after many fruitless trials of the uncultivated talents of their fons , are apt to make ...
... also cenfured as an idle profeffion , that requires little intellectual ability , and lefs application . Impreffed with this character , parents , after many fruitless trials of the uncultivated talents of their fons , are apt to make ...
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... also of all the knowledge of which the human mind is capable . In the course of the preceding obfervations , it is hoped that the principal points I have en- deavoured deavoured to illuftrate are evinced , and it is fuf- ( 26 )
... also of all the knowledge of which the human mind is capable . In the course of the preceding obfervations , it is hoped that the principal points I have en- deavoured deavoured to illuftrate are evinced , and it is fuf- ( 26 )
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... also of fingular advantage ; but the regulating prin- ciple must confine it to the great purposes of military science . It forms infenfibly a most neceffary quality in a foldier , the coup d'oeil , which confifts in judging fo precifely ...
... also of fingular advantage ; but the regulating prin- ciple must confine it to the great purposes of military science . It forms infenfibly a most neceffary quality in a foldier , the coup d'oeil , which confifts in judging fo precifely ...
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... also illuftrated in a variety of important inftances . Upon this ground alone the student can be led to the knowledge of the nature laws and effects of motion , and moving powers ; and to the more relative fciences of fortification ...
... also illuftrated in a variety of important inftances . Upon this ground alone the student can be led to the knowledge of the nature laws and effects of motion , and moving powers ; and to the more relative fciences of fortification ...
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... also cannot pof- fibly be acquired on any other ground : and yet the knowledge of artillery is not only as proper for a foldier , as the knowledge of the ftructure power and ufe of the tools he works with , is to every manual artift ...
... also cannot pof- fibly be acquired on any other ground : and yet the knowledge of artillery is not only as proper for a foldier , as the knowledge of the ftructure power and ufe of the tools he works with , is to every manual artift ...
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