Scholarship examinations of 1846/47 (-1853/54). |
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... person ? 13. As you attentively examine an object ( say two inches long and wide ) by a magnifying glass , and vary the distance , you will observe two defects in the objects as seen through the glass - Distortion and Confusion ...
... person ? 13. As you attentively examine an object ( say two inches long and wide ) by a magnifying glass , and vary the distance , you will observe two defects in the objects as seen through the glass - Distortion and Confusion ...
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... person satirized here , under the name of Atticus , is Joseph Addison . At first and when as yet the genius and fame of Pope was rising , Addison befriended him and took occasions to commend him highly in many numbers of his paper . The ...
... person satirized here , under the name of Atticus , is Joseph Addison . At first and when as yet the genius and fame of Pope was rising , Addison befriended him and took occasions to commend him highly in many numbers of his paper . The ...
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... person of the peace of his helpless and innocent wife , and his still more helpless and innocent children ; the preserver of their moral character ; the defender to the last of their honour and reputation . We might consider him as the ...
... person of the peace of his helpless and innocent wife , and his still more helpless and innocent children ; the preserver of their moral character ; the defender to the last of their honour and reputation . We might consider him as the ...
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... persons should be trustworthy , they must have some peculiar natural disposition . Probability or improbabi- lity of success introduces another inequality . Insurance is the example given by Adam Smith , but Senior objects to this . 10 ...
... persons should be trustworthy , they must have some peculiar natural disposition . Probability or improbabi- lity of success introduces another inequality . Insurance is the example given by Adam Smith , but Senior objects to this . 10 ...
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... persons of superior intelligence , which they will meet in towns . From these circumstances , the knowledge of the town labourer is frequently superior to that of the country labourer . 11. The high price of expensive wines is caused by ...
... persons of superior intelligence , which they will meet in towns . From these circumstances , the knowledge of the town labourer is frequently superior to that of the country labourer . 11. The high price of expensive wines is caused by ...
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Страница 54 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Страница 5 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Страница 6 - Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
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Страница 13 - In any right-angled triangle, the square which is described upon the side subtending the right angle, is equal to the squares described upon the sides which contain the right angle.
Страница 37 - There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces; and that cure is freedom. When a prisoner first leaves his cell he cannot bear the light of day ; he is unable to discriminate colors or recognize faces.
Страница 29 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.