An Essay on Military Educationauthor; and sold, 1776 - 106 Seiten |
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... tion of a continental power , why the officers of her army fhould not emulate the officers of the continent in that military skill which has ren- dered them fo illuftrious and fo formidable , the warmest advocate for practice to the ...
... tion of a continental power , why the officers of her army fhould not emulate the officers of the continent in that military skill which has ren- dered them fo illuftrious and fo formidable , the warmest advocate for practice to the ...
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... 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 improvement of fuggested knowledge ...
... 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 improvement of fuggested knowledge ...
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... ; and those republics that could not bear the expence of a military institu- tion in its fullest extent , encouraged masters by honorary rewards to read ftated lectures on the the fubject : and thus , in the leisure of ( 24 )
... ; and those republics that could not bear the expence of a military institu- tion in its fullest extent , encouraged masters by honorary rewards to read ftated lectures on the the fubject : and thus , in the leisure of ( 24 )
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... tion , not only of all the fortitude , but 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 ...
... tion , not only of all the fortitude , but 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 ...
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... tion of its youth is not peculiarly adapted to the nature , end , and principle of that government : That , in the British ftate , education im- plies the attainment of all that enlarged know- ledge and generous virtue , by which its ...
... tion of its youth is not peculiarly adapted to the nature , end , and principle of that government : That , in the British ftate , education im- plies the attainment of all that enlarged know- ledge and generous virtue , by which its ...
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