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... gains £ 50 in 3 months , how long will it take him , with a capital of £ 3,000 , to gain £ 175 ? 4. If I get 8 ozs . weight of bread for 6d . when wheat is 15s . a bushel , what ought a bushel of wheat to be when I get 12 ozs . of bread ...
... gains £ 50 in 3 months , how long will it take him , with a capital of £ 3,000 , to gain £ 175 ? 4. If I get 8 ozs . weight of bread for 6d . when wheat is 15s . a bushel , what ought a bushel of wheat to be when I get 12 ozs . of bread ...
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... gain 10 per cent . of the outlay ? 3. What percentage of 4 yards is ' 00003551136 of a mile ? 4. Find the difference between the amount at compound interest of £ 1,200 at 10 per cent . ( interest paid half - yearly ) for 1 years , and ...
... gain 10 per cent . of the outlay ? 3. What percentage of 4 yards is ' 00003551136 of a mile ? 4. Find the difference between the amount at compound interest of £ 1,200 at 10 per cent . ( interest paid half - yearly ) for 1 years , and ...
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... gain a profit of 12 per cent . ? 3. Out of £ 4 7s . 6d . , 33'3 per cent . is paid to A , 14285714 per cent . to B ; after this 36 of the remainder is paid to A , and the rest to B. State the sums received respectively by A and B. 4. I ...
... gain a profit of 12 per cent . ? 3. Out of £ 4 7s . 6d . , 33'3 per cent . is paid to A , 14285714 per cent . to B ; after this 36 of the remainder is paid to A , and the rest to B. State the sums received respectively by A and B. 4. I ...
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... gain the consent of 166. caterpillars ; this word is perhaps used with a sarcastic reference to " " pillars . " Shakespeare is guilty of a confusion of metaphors in the next line : we do not " weed " or " pluck " caterpillars . ACT II ...
... gain the consent of 166. caterpillars ; this word is perhaps used with a sarcastic reference to " " pillars . " Shakespeare is guilty of a confusion of metaphors in the next line : we do not " weed " or " pluck " caterpillars . ACT II ...
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... gain per cent . ? 4. Bought 20 Exmoor ponies , and sold II of them for £ 200 ; lost one , and received £ 15 each for the rest , realising a profit of 25 per cent . on the whole transaction . What price did I pay on an average for each ...
... gain per cent . ? 4. Bought 20 Exmoor ponies , and sold II of them for £ 200 ; lost one , and received £ 15 each for the rest , realising a profit of 25 per cent . on the whole transaction . What price did I pay on an average for each ...
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Page 299 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 140 - There in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned.
Page 293 - And purple all the ground with vernal flowers. Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy...
Page 122 - And Gilpin, long live he; And when he next doth ride abroad, May I be there to see ! AN EPISTLE TO A PROTESTANT LADY IN FRANCE.
Page 296 - Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education ; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country, before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.
Page 230 - Ay me, I fondly dream ! Had ye been there — for what could that have done ? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal nature did lament, When by the rout that made the hideous roar, His gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore...
Page 200 - Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring : Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string.
Page 42 - Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The confidence of reason give ; And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live ! 1805.
Page 328 - So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 139 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...