First B.A. Examination, University of London: A Hand-book to the Study of Latin, Greek, French and German, English Language and Literature, Arithmetic, Algebra, Plane and Solid Geometry ... and Other Subjects Included in the Above Examination ...J. Heywood, 1878 - 372 pages |
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... obtained by extensive reading . The manner in which , especially in Homer , ' they sustain and articulate the pulses of emotion ' is in itself a fruitful and valuable study . By them alone we can perceive that Greek was the language of ...
... obtained by extensive reading . The manner in which , especially in Homer , ' they sustain and articulate the pulses of emotion ' is in itself a fruitful and valuable study . By them alone we can perceive that Greek was the language of ...
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... obtained , for those who read French , single volumes of " Les Auteurs grecs et latins expliqués d'après une méthode nouvelle par deux traductions françaises , l'une littérale et juxta- linéare , présentant le mot à mot français en ...
... obtained , for those who read French , single volumes of " Les Auteurs grecs et latins expliqués d'après une méthode nouvelle par deux traductions françaises , l'une littérale et juxta- linéare , présentant le mot à mot français en ...
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... obtaining them on assuring the publishers that he is a bonâ fide private student , and that the keys will be used only for the purposes of self - tuition . Should the publishers object , a letter should be addressed to the author , who ...
... obtaining them on assuring the publishers that he is a bonâ fide private student , and that the keys will be used only for the purposes of self - tuition . Should the publishers object , a letter should be addressed to the author , who ...
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... contrivance , by means of which results are to be obtained in some occult manner , into the nature of which the student is forbidden to inquire ; hence many a one , as he advances in life FIRST B.A. EXAMINATION . 109 ARITHMETIC.
... contrivance , by means of which results are to be obtained in some occult manner , into the nature of which the student is forbidden to inquire ; hence many a one , as he advances in life FIRST B.A. EXAMINATION . 109 ARITHMETIC.
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... obtained . I cannot too earnestly set before my readers the fact that examiners do not assign so much credit to results as to the processes by which they are reached . " In fact , in this latter work the Unitary System is carried out ...
... obtained . I cannot too earnestly set before my readers the fact that examiners do not assign so much credit to results as to the processes by which they are reached . " In fact , in this latter work the Unitary System is carried out ...
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Page 202 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Page 303 - If a straight line be drawn parallel to one of the sides of a triangle, it shall cut the other sides, or these produced, proportionally : and if the sides, or the sides produced, be cut proportionally, the straight line which joins the points of section shall be parallel to the remaining side of the triangle.
Page 329 - LITERATURE with the HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE. The scheme of the course and revolutions of the language which is followed here is extremely simple, and resting not upon arbitrary but upon natural or real distinctions, gives us the only view of the subject that can claim to be regarded as of a scientific character.
Page 351 - Like that self-begotten bird In the Arabian woods embost, That no second knows nor third, And lay erewhile a holocaust, From out her ashy womb now teemed, Revives, reflourishes, then vigorous most When most unactive deemed; And, though her body die, her fame survives, A secular bird, ages of lives.
Page 44 - Linus, huic mater quamvis atque huic pater adsit, Orphei Calliopea, Lino formosus Apollo. Pan etiam, Arcadia mecum si iudice certet, Pan etiam Arcadia dicat se iudice victum.
Page 180 - ... the sum of the roots is equal to the coefficient of the second term with its sign changed, and the product of the roots is equal to the last term.
Page 100 - At that ever memorable and instructive period, the letter of the law was superseded in favour of the substance of liberty. To the free choice, therefore, of the people, without either king or parliament, we owe that happy establishment, out of which both king and parliament were regenerated.
Page vi - Office, for the advancement of Religion and Morality, and the promotion of useful knowledge, to hold forth to all classes and denominations of our faithful subjects, without any distinction whatsoever, an encouragement for pursuing a regular and liberal course of Education...
Page 308 - Radian is the angle subtended, at the centre of a circle, by an arc equal in length to the radius...
Page 99 - Genius always imports something inventive or creative; which does not rest in mere sensibility to beauty where it is perceived, but which can, moreover, produce new beauties, and exhibit them in such a manner as itrongly to impress the minds of others.