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HOUSE OF STUART | |||||
No. | Names | Dates of Accession | Symbols | Technical Words | |
44 | James I. | 1,603 | Zara | Dismay | |
45 | Charles I. | 1,625 | Ariel | Denial | |
The Commonwealth from | 1,649 | Zaida | Droop Doves | ||
to the Restoration of | |||||
46 | Charles II. | 1,660 | |||
47 | James II. | 1,685 | Yarico | Avowal | |
48 | William III. & Queen Mary | 1,689 | Arab | Dawpie | |
49 | Anne | 1,702 | Europa | Cousin | |
THE BRUNSWICK FAMILY | |||||
50 | George the First | 1,714 | Acquire | ||
51 | George the Second | 1,727 | Eolus | Choice | |
52 | George the Third | 1,760 | Codes |
This table contains the names of the respective monarchs, the periods of their accession to the throne, the symbols with which they are to be associated, and the technical words of the dates. We shall now present the associations necessary to be committed to memory.
As learners will derive considerable advantage throughout the whole course of this system, by endeavouring to form pictures that their minds can fancy; wherever an op portunity offers in these tables, the names of individuals, as well as the words of the dates, will be represented by sensible objects; well knowing, that they are calculated to impress the mind more forcibly than mere words, or abstract ideas, that we cannot embody; the students are therefore recommended to avail themselves of all those aids which a little experience will prove of such advantage to them. For instance, if Egbert, the first of our monarchs,
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