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Page xi
... means of gaining a livelihood . The writer has frequently found the motive of choice to have been this hastily conceived notion , which subsequent knowledge or experience has dis- B pelled , or which a due and careful consideration at ...
... means of gaining a livelihood . The writer has frequently found the motive of choice to have been this hastily conceived notion , which subsequent knowledge or experience has dis- B pelled , or which a due and careful consideration at ...
Page xii
... mean all that relates to the formation and measurement of superficial and solid figures , and those parts of arithmetic which have reference to square and cubical estimate and valuation ; plane trigonometry , essential to the opera ...
... mean all that relates to the formation and measurement of superficial and solid figures , and those parts of arithmetic which have reference to square and cubical estimate and valuation ; plane trigonometry , essential to the opera ...
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... mean all that relates to the formation and measurement of superficial and solid figures , and those parts of arithmetic which have reference to square and cubical estimate and valuation ; plane trigonometry , essential to the opera ...
... mean all that relates to the formation and measurement of superficial and solid figures , and those parts of arithmetic which have reference to square and cubical estimate and valuation ; plane trigonometry , essential to the opera ...
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... means close and systematic study , and which indicates itself in the neatness and care of the hand . But , while the young aspirant is not expected to have an intuitive sense of all this , neither is it to be sup- posed that he can ...
... means close and systematic study , and which indicates itself in the neatness and care of the hand . But , while the young aspirant is not expected to have an intuitive sense of all this , neither is it to be sup- posed that he can ...
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... means the student really learns not only how to copy Nature perfectly , but how to present her to the best effect . We would suggest here to the student who is pursuing this branch of his education to trust more to his eye and mind than ...
... means the student really learns not only how to copy Nature perfectly , but how to present her to the best effect . We would suggest here to the student who is pursuing this branch of his education to trust more to his eye and mind than ...
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