Gibson's London matriculation guide, by J. Gibson [and others].1882 |
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... equal proportion as possible , the lands taken from their enemies : for it was but just that they should be enjoyed by those whose blood and labour acquired them . " II . History and Geography . 1. This book embraces a period of about ...
... equal proportion as possible , the lands taken from their enemies : for it was but just that they should be enjoyed by those whose blood and labour acquired them . " II . History and Geography . 1. This book embraces a period of about ...
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... equal among the mail - clad Greeks , though there are others who are superior to me in war . Would that strife might perish from among both Gods and men , and anger , which makes even a wise man wroth , which far sweeter than trickling ...
... equal among the mail - clad Greeks , though there are others who are superior to me in war . Would that strife might perish from among both Gods and men , and anger , which makes even a wise man wroth , which far sweeter than trickling ...
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... equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides , prove that the angle contained by these sides is a right angle . 2. Prove that the quadrilateral formed by joining the middle points of the sides of any quadrilateral is ...
... equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides , prove that the angle contained by these sides is a right angle . 2. Prove that the quadrilateral formed by joining the middle points of the sides of any quadrilateral is ...
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... equal to a given area . Show how the requisite construc- tion is made , and state when it is impossible . 5. If a quadrilateral be inscribed in a circle prove that the sum of one pair of its opposite angles is equal to the sum of the ...
... equal to a given area . Show how the requisite construc- tion is made , and state when it is impossible . 5. If a quadrilateral be inscribed in a circle prove that the sum of one pair of its opposite angles is equal to the sum of the ...
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... equal to £ 1 , and a metre to be 393 inches . ] 6. Simplify X ― - 1 1 1 ) 26 +1 X 1 x + 1 • ( x − 1 ) 2 ( x + 1 ) 2 + x2 x2 + x2 + 1 7. Find the sum of five numbers in Arithmetical Progression , the second being 4 and the fifth 84 ...
... equal to £ 1 , and a metre to be 393 inches . ] 6. Simplify X ― - 1 1 1 ) 26 +1 X 1 x + 1 • ( x − 1 ) 2 ( x + 1 ) 2 + x2 x2 + x2 + 1 7. Find the sum of five numbers in Arithmetical Progression , the second being 4 and the fifth 84 ...
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Page 14 - ULYSSES. IT little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Matched with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
Page 23 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
Page 23 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 30 - Six years have passed, — a long time for a boy and a dog; Bob Ainslie is off to the wars; I am a medical student, and clerk at Minto House Hospital. Rab I saw almost every week, on the Wednesday; and we had much pleasant intimacy. I found the way to his heart by frequent scratching of his huge head, and an occasional bone. When I did not notice him he would plant himself straight before me, and stand wagging that bud of a tail, and looking up, with his head a little to one side. His .master I occasionally...
Page 26 - We look before and after, And pine for what is not ; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Page 11 - To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, may be equal to the square of the other part.
Page 11 - Find the locus of a point, the distances of which from two given straight lines have a fixed ratio. 143. Find the locus of a point which moves so that the sum of its distances from two vertices of an equilateral triangle shall equal its distance from the third.
Page 33 - If the square described on one side of a triangle be equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides, the angle contained by these two sides is a right angle.
Page 19 - In every triangle, the square on the side subtending an acute angle is less than the squares on the sides containing that angle, by twice the rectangle contained by either of these sides, and the straight line intercepted between the perpendicular let fall on it from the opposite angle and the acute angle.
Page 42 - If three forces acting at a point be represented in magnitude and direction by the sides of a triangle taken in order, they will be in equilibrium.