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... four principal rules , and a collection of tables : defigned to facilitate the progrefs of young beginners , and to diminish the labour of the tutor . Ready for the Prefs , and speedily to be Published . An Eafy INTRODUCTION to the USE ...
... four principal rules , and a collection of tables : defigned to facilitate the progrefs of young beginners , and to diminish the labour of the tutor . Ready for the Prefs , and speedily to be Published . An Eafy INTRODUCTION to the USE ...
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... four fundamental rules of arithmetic were known , in some nations , in very early ages of the world ; though at what time they were dif- covered or invented cannot now be exactly ascertained . The Greeks were the first European nation ...
... four fundamental rules of arithmetic were known , in some nations , in very early ages of the world ; though at what time they were dif- covered or invented cannot now be exactly ascertained . The Greeks were the first European nation ...
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... four wives . Mean time down rush'd the rain Impetuous , and continu'd ' till th ' earth No more was feen ; the floating veffel fwum Uplifted , Uplifted , and fecure with beaked prow Rode tilting o'er 6 ARITHMETICAL QUESTIONS . ADDITION ...
... four wives . Mean time down rush'd the rain Impetuous , and continu'd ' till th ' earth No more was feen ; the floating veffel fwum Uplifted , Uplifted , and fecure with beaked prow Rode tilting o'er 6 ARITHMETICAL QUESTIONS . ADDITION ...
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... four miles from the The fiege of this place , which is * Bufiris is a name which was borne by many Egyptian princes . Memphis was a celebrated town of Egypt on the Western banks of the Nile ; in its neighbourhood the famous pyramids ...
... four miles from the The fiege of this place , which is * Bufiris is a name which was borne by many Egyptian princes . Memphis was a celebrated town of Egypt on the Western banks of the Nile ; in its neighbourhood the famous pyramids ...
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... Alexander became one of the four great monarchies . The other three celebrated ancient monarchies were the Affyrian , the Perfian , and the Roman . moft moft celebrated rhetoricians of that age , not being able 16 ARITHMETICAL QUESTIONS .
... Alexander became one of the four great monarchies . The other three celebrated ancient monarchies were the Affyrian , the Perfian , and the Roman . moft moft celebrated rhetoricians of that age , not being able 16 ARITHMETICAL QUESTIONS .
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