An Essay on Military Educationauthor; and sold, 1776 - 106 Seiten |
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... theory of navigation in its utmost comprehension . But new and different ftates and fituations , grown into establishment , neceffarily require new and different maxims and purfuits ; and as Great - Britain , by her multiplied ...
... theory of navigation in its utmost comprehension . But new and different ftates and fituations , grown into establishment , neceffarily require new and different maxims and purfuits ; and as Great - Britain , by her multiplied ...
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... theory from British military educa- tion ? A Briton is as brave , and as intelligent , as a Frenchman : he is lefs volatile and deful- tory , indeed , and less quick at invention ; but he is more patient , and more perfevering in the ...
... theory from British military educa- tion ? A Briton is as brave , and as intelligent , as a Frenchman : he is lefs volatile and deful- tory , indeed , and less quick at invention ; but he is more patient , and more perfevering in the ...
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... theory and prac- tice mutually contribute to their improvement ; and he will be found the greatest proficient , who has established his practice on the most ac- curate and best digested theory : and though , in the effufions of that ...
... theory and prac- tice mutually contribute to their improvement ; and he will be found the greatest proficient , who has established his practice on the most ac- curate and best digested theory : and though , in the effufions of that ...
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... theory and practice , when placed in competition , let history determine which has the fuperior excellence ; and history has given many examples of great generals fud- denly produced from the fruitful fource of an- teriour study , but ...
... theory and practice , when placed in competition , let history determine which has the fuperior excellence ; and history has given many examples of great generals fud- denly produced from the fruitful fource of an- teriour study , but ...
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... theory chiefly for their guide . Inftances like these , even in barba- rous times , must have evinced the fuperiority of theory over practice , when placed in a com- parative view . The antients , not lefs eminent for a profound ...
... theory chiefly for their guide . Inftances like these , even in barba- rous times , must have evinced the fuperiority of theory over practice , when placed in a com- parative view . The antients , not lefs eminent for a profound ...
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