Examination papers used at the examinations for admission to the Royal military college, Sandhurst1859 - 1869 pages |
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... τῆς ἐξετάσεως δεόμενον οὐ πάνυ ἀναγκαῖον ἐς τὴν αἵρεσιν τοῦ βελτίονος , ἀλλ ̓ ἔστι κρῖναι καὶ ἀπ ̓ ἐκείνων . Demosthenes . Ορᾶθ ̓ ὅτι φεύγει μὲν τὰς ἰδίας προφάσεις , εἰς δὲ τὰς ̓Αμφικτυονικὰς καταφεύγει . Τίς οὖν ὁ ταῦτα ...
... τῆς ἐξετάσεως δεόμενον οὐ πάνυ ἀναγκαῖον ἐς τὴν αἵρεσιν τοῦ βελτίονος , ἀλλ ̓ ἔστι κρῖναι καὶ ἀπ ̓ ἐκείνων . Demosthenes . Ορᾶθ ̓ ὅτι φεύγει μὲν τὰς ἰδίας προφάσεις , εἰς δὲ τὰς ̓Αμφικτυονικὰς καταφεύγει . Τίς οὖν ὁ ταῦτα ...
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... τῆς μεγάλης καὶ Καππαδοκίας , στρατηγὸς δὲ καὶ πάντων ἀπεδείχθη , οἷς καθήκει εἰς Καστωλοῦ , πεδίον ἀθροίζεσθαι , πρῶτον μὲν ἐπέδειξεν αὑτὸν ὅτι περὶ πλείστου ποιοῖτο , εἴ τῳ σπείσαιτο καὶ εἴ τῳ συνθοῖτο καὶ εἴ τῳ ὑπόσχοιτό τι , μηδὲν ...
... τῆς μεγάλης καὶ Καππαδοκίας , στρατηγὸς δὲ καὶ πάντων ἀπεδείχθη , οἷς καθήκει εἰς Καστωλοῦ , πεδίον ἀθροίζεσθαι , πρῶτον μὲν ἐπέδειξεν αὑτὸν ὅτι περὶ πλείστου ποιοῖτο , εἴ τῳ σπείσαιτο καὶ εἴ τῳ συνθοῖτο καὶ εἴ τῳ ὑπόσχοιτό τι , μηδὲν ...
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... τῆς ̓Αττικῆς ἀγορᾶς παρὰ τὰς σπονδάς . παρελθόντες δὲ τελευταῖοι Κορίνθιοι , καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἐάσαντες πρῶτον παροξύναι τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους , ἐπεῖπον τοιάδε . Æschylus . * ἀλλ ̓ οὖν μέμνησθ ̓ ἃ γὼ προλέγω · μηδὲ προς ἄτης θηραθεῖσαι ...
... τῆς ̓Αττικῆς ἀγορᾶς παρὰ τὰς σπονδάς . παρελθόντες δὲ τελευταῖοι Κορίνθιοι , καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἐάσαντες πρῶτον παροξύναι τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους , ἐπεῖπον τοιάδε . Æschylus . * ἀλλ ̓ οὖν μέμνησθ ̓ ἃ γὼ προλέγω · μηδὲ προς ἄτης θηραθεῖσαι ...
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... ἀνέδυ πολιῆς ἁλὸς ἠΰτ ̓ ὀμίχλη , καὶ ῥα πάροιθ ' αὐτοῖο καθέζετο δακρυχέ ντος , χειρί τέ μιν κατέρεξεν , ἔπος τ ̓ ἔφατ ' ἔκ τ ' ὀνόμαζε . 1 Thucydides . Ἡ μὲν ἔκπεμψίς μου καὶ τῆς στρατιᾶς 14 ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE .
... ἀνέδυ πολιῆς ἁλὸς ἠΰτ ̓ ὀμίχλη , καὶ ῥα πάροιθ ' αὐτοῖο καθέζετο δακρυχέ ντος , χειρί τέ μιν κατέρεξεν , ἔπος τ ̓ ἔφατ ' ἔκ τ ' ὀνόμαζε . 1 Thucydides . Ἡ μὲν ἔκπεμψίς μου καὶ τῆς στρατιᾶς 14 ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE .
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... τῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐκεῖ πολέμου δόξης , ᾗ διὰ τάχους αὐτοὶ ἄνευ τοῦ ὑμετέρου κινδύνου ἠλπίσαμεν Αθηναίους καθαιρήσειν , μηδεὶς μεμφθῇ · νῦν γὰρ ὅτε παρέσχεν ἀφιγμένοι καὶ μετὰ ὑμῶν πειρασόμεθα και τεργάζεσθαι αὐτούς . θαυμάζω δὲ τῇ τε ...
... τῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐκεῖ πολέμου δόξης , ᾗ διὰ τάχους αὐτοὶ ἄνευ τοῦ ὑμετέρου κινδύνου ἠλπίσαμεν Αθηναίους καθαιρήσειν , μηδεὶς μεμφθῇ · νῦν γὰρ ὅτε παρέσχεν ἀφιγμένοι καὶ μετὰ ὑμῶν πειρασόμεθα και τεργάζεσθαι αὐτούς . θαυμάζω δὲ τῇ τε ...
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Page 12 - Oft, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me : The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me. Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me.
Page 13 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder in the dir'st degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all, 'Guilty, guilty!
Page 2 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i' the imminent deadly breach...
Page 11 - Philosophy The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the Ocean, The winds of Heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one another's being mingle.
Page 2 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Page 2 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 22 - I might have bought with the rest of the money, and laughed at me so much for my folly that I cried with vexation ; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure. This...
Page 2 - For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Page 14 - Hector 270 visus adesse mihi largosque effundere fletus, raptatus bigis ut quondam aterque cruento pulvere perque pedes traiectus lora tumentes. Hei mihi qualis erat, quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore, qui redit exuvias indutus Achilli...
Page 13 - When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd, Desiring this man's art and that man's scope...