An Improved System of Mnemonics

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AN IMPROVED

SYSTEM OF MNEMONICS;

or

Art of Assisting the Memory,

SIMPLIFIED,

AND. ADAPTED TO THE GENERAL BRANCHES OF LITERATURE;

with

A DICTIONARY OF WORDS,

USED AS SIGNS OF THE ARITHMETICAL FIGURES.

Και μὴν ᾿Αριθμὸν ἔξοχον σοφισμάτων Ἐξῖτυρον ἀντοις, Γραμμάτων τε συνθέσεις,Μνήμην θ᾽, ἁπάντον Μουξιμήτορ᾽ ἐργάνην.Æschyl. Prom, Vinct. 465,

"Mother of Wisdom! thou, whose sway"The thranged ideal hosts obey,"Who bid'st their racks now vanish, now appear, "Flame in the van, or darken in the rear."

"While every flower in Fancy's elime, "Each gem of old berole Time,"Culi'd by the hand of the industrious Muse, "Around thy shrine their blended beams diffuse."Mason On Memory.

BY THOMAS COGLAN.

MNEMONICS, VOL. I,

CONTAINING THE PRIMARY ARRANGEMENT OF THE SYSTEM, APPLICATION TO FIGURES, CHRONOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONS, AND THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE ARRANGED IN A NEW MANNER FOR LEARNERS.

London:
PUBLISHED BY C. CRADOCK AND W. JOY, PATERNOSTER-ROW, AND JOHN HATCHARD, PICCADILLY.

Price 9s. with Plates,

1813.

Entered at Stationers' Hall.

Printed by W. Glindon, Rupert-street, Haymarket,

DEDICATION:

TO HIS

ROYAL HIGHNESS

THE DUKE OF SUSSEX.

Sir,
Honoured by your permission to dedicate to your Royal Highness, this System of Mnemonics, I shall endeavour, in expressing my Gratitude, to prove myself in this instance, not unworthy of your Patronage, by avoiding the fulsome panegyrics that are too frequently used on similar occasions; satisfied that if your Royal Highness's reputation, required the flimsy aid of flattery, I should not derive honour from this inscription, nor your Royal Highness credit from such eulogium.

I feel proud in being allowed to usher this production to the public, under the auspices of your Royal Highness, whose honourable exertions, in promoting the diffusion of useful knowledge, are so well known throughout the Empire.

With the hope that its utility may be appreciated by your Royal Highness,

I subscribe myself, with great respect,
Your Royal Highness's
Obliged and obedient Servant,

THOMAS COGLAN.

London, June 30, 1813.

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This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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