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Page 106
... find if they made a trial of the life which they think so agreeable . One who is never busy can never enjoy rest ; for rest implies a relief from previous labour ; and if our whole time were spent in amusing ourselves , we should find ...
... find if they made a trial of the life which they think so agreeable . One who is never busy can never enjoy rest ; for rest implies a relief from previous labour ; and if our whole time were spent in amusing ourselves , we should find ...
Page 114
... find that , with the exception of those at Sydney , the troops now serving in New South Wales are broken up into small detachments , and obviously performing duties more analogous to those of a police corps , than of a part of her ...
... find that , with the exception of those at Sydney , the troops now serving in New South Wales are broken up into small detachments , and obviously performing duties more analogous to those of a police corps , than of a part of her ...
Page 127
... Find the value of 6,723 pieces of cloth , each piece being worth 17. 8s . 81d . Find the cost of 4 cwt . 3 qrs . 22 lbs . at 17. 9s . 2d . per cwt . INTEREST . Find the simple interest on 2917. 13s . 4d . at 3 per cent . for 6 years ...
... Find the value of 6,723 pieces of cloth , each piece being worth 17. 8s . 81d . Find the cost of 4 cwt . 3 qrs . 22 lbs . at 17. 9s . 2d . per cwt . INTEREST . Find the simple interest on 2917. 13s . 4d . at 3 per cent . for 6 years ...
Page 128
... find the present worth of 1,2157 . due 4 years hence at 53 per cent . ? By selling an article for 97. 10s . the ... Find the income tax on 17,030l . 5s . at 7d . in the pound . What is the tax on a house rented at 3277. 12s . 6d . , if ...
... find the present worth of 1,2157 . due 4 years hence at 53 per cent . ? By selling an article for 97. 10s . the ... Find the income tax on 17,030l . 5s . at 7d . in the pound . What is the tax on a house rented at 3277. 12s . 6d . , if ...
Page 129
... find the true present worth of 5531. 15s . due 2 years hence at 5 per cent . A portion sells out of the 3 per cents at 98 , and invests his money in railway 5 per cent stock at par ; find how much per cent his income is increased or ...
... find the true present worth of 5531. 15s . due 2 years hence at 5 per cent . A portion sells out of the 3 per cents at 98 , and invests his money in railway 5 per cent stock at par ; find how much per cent his income is increased or ...
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Page 108 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 160 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 196 - Ay me! whilst thee the shores and sounding seas Wash far away, where'er thy bones are hurled; Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides, Where thou perhaps under the whelming tide Visit'st the bottom of the monstrous world; Or whether thou, to our moist vows denied, Sleep'st by the fable of Bellerus old.
Page 161 - 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 159 - IF a side of any triangle be produced, the exterior angle is equal to the two interior and opposite angles ; and the three interior angles of every triangle are equal to two right angles.
Page 160 - IF a straight line fall upon two parallel straight lines, it makes the alternate angles equal to one another; and the exterior angle equal to the interior and opposite upon the same side; and likewise the two interior angles upon the same side together equal to two right angles...
Page 159 - Prove it. 6.If a straight line be bisected and produced to any point, the rectangle contained by the whole line thus produced, and the part of it produced together with the -square on half the line bisected, is equal to the square on the straight line which is made up of the half and the part produced.
Page 201 - Redit agricolis labor actus in orbem, atque in se sua per vestigia volvitur annus.
Page 196 - Sleep'st by the fable of Bellerus old, Where the great Vision of the guarded Mount Looks towards Namancos and Bayona's hold; Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth: And, O ye dolphins, waft the hapless youth.
Page 196 - But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd Than that which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.