An Essay on Military Educationauthor; and sold, 1776 - 106 Seiten |
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... places ; but order your guides to lead you the easiest way , unless there be one " that is abundantly fhorter ; for , to an army , the easiest way is the quickest . " Where hunting is not often practicable , riding , and even walking ...
... places ; but order your guides to lead you the easiest way , unless there be one " that is abundantly fhorter ; for , to an army , the easiest way is the quickest . " Where hunting is not often practicable , riding , and even walking ...
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... to every manual artift ; but is alfo in- difpenfably neceffary in the attack and de- fence of places , which cannot be understood without it . E 3 An An expertness in drawing acquired on the principles of perspective ( 53 )
... to every manual artift ; but is alfo in- difpenfably neceffary in the attack and de- fence of places , which cannot be understood without it . E 3 An An expertness in drawing acquired on the principles of perspective ( 53 )
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... place in different countries , and in a series of fucceeding ages , it is proper to obtain fome preparatory knowledge of chrono- logy . The revolutions of one age often give rife to and are intimately connected with those of another ...
... place in different countries , and in a series of fucceeding ages , it is proper to obtain fome preparatory knowledge of chrono- logy . The revolutions of one age often give rife to and are intimately connected with those of another ...
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... places , and order other military fervice , in which a rivulet , a morass , a flight eminence , a hollow way , and even the minutest circumstance of variation , is often of the greatest importance . It It is the knowledge of the ...
... places , and order other military fervice , in which a rivulet , a morass , a flight eminence , a hollow way , and even the minutest circumstance of variation , is often of the greatest importance . It It is the knowledge of the ...
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... places , fields of bat- tle , and the veftiges of camps . Befides the imperfect and fometimes false descriptions given in books , time that changes the views and interefts of men , fuperinduces a change alfo in the places they inhabit ...
... places , fields of bat- tle , and the veftiges of camps . Befides the imperfect and fometimes false descriptions given in books , time that changes the views and interefts of men , fuperinduces a change alfo in the places they inhabit ...
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