Examination papers used at the examinations for admission to the Royal military college, Sandhurst1859 - 1869 pages |
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... French 39 371 English inches , show that 32 metres 35 yards nearly . Express , by means of decimals , 77. 128. 6d . in pounds . Find the value of 35 of a pound . 7. Find the interest on 1,5521 . 10s . for 18 months at 5 per cent ...
... French 39 371 English inches , show that 32 metres 35 yards nearly . Express , by means of decimals , 77. 128. 6d . in pounds . Find the value of 35 of a pound . 7. Find the interest on 1,5521 . 10s . for 18 months at 5 per cent ...
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... French are an ancient and opulent people , and their language and manners , though somewhat different , are not dissimilar from those of the Italians . They esteem themselves the first of the western nations ; but this foolish arrogance ...
... French are an ancient and opulent people , and their language and manners , though somewhat different , are not dissimilar from those of the Italians . They esteem themselves the first of the western nations ; but this foolish arrogance ...
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... French nationality- successful - his reign advantageous for France - his ends noble - means base . 3. Distinguish between Declension and Conjugation , Person and Case , Syntax and Accidence . What do these words mean literally ? 4. Is ...
... French nationality- successful - his reign advantageous for France - his ends noble - means base . 3. Distinguish between Declension and Conjugation , Person and Case , Syntax and Accidence . What do these words mean literally ? 4. Is ...
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... pyramid with a square base standing on a horizontal plane , and give its vertical section on one of the diagonals of its base . Height of pyramid Side of base = 2 inches = 1 11 " " FRENCH . M. ESQUIROS . Dictation DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS .
... pyramid with a square base standing on a horizontal plane , and give its vertical section on one of the diagonals of its base . Height of pyramid Side of base = 2 inches = 1 11 " " FRENCH . M. ESQUIROS . Dictation DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS .
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... French 100 400 English into French and translation of 500 Grammatical questions 200 Total of Marks - 1,200 I. Speaking and Reading . II . Dictation . Les jardins sont presque aussi beaux dans quelques parties de l'Allemagne qu'en ...
... French 100 400 English into French and translation of 500 Grammatical questions 200 Total of Marks - 1,200 I. Speaking and Reading . II . Dictation . Les jardins sont presque aussi beaux dans quelques parties de l'Allemagne qu'en ...
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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...