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... gain their independence . The CHIEF TOWNS are ; ( 1 ) Havannah . Population 200,000 . Capital , chief port , and largest town in the West Indies . It has a fine harbour and great trade . Havannah is famous for the manufacture and ...
... gain their independence . The CHIEF TOWNS are ; ( 1 ) Havannah . Population 200,000 . Capital , chief port , and largest town in the West Indies . It has a fine harbour and great trade . Havannah is famous for the manufacture and ...
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... gain ; lucre , lucrative . Luctor ( L. ) , I struggle ; reluctant . Ludo , lusum ( L. ) , I play ; ludicrous , delude , illusory . Lugeo ( L. ) , I mourn ; lugubrious . Lumen ( L. ) , light ; luminary , illuminate . Luna ( L. ) , the ...
... gain ; lucre , lucrative . Luctor ( L. ) , I struggle ; reluctant . Ludo , lusum ( L. ) , I play ; ludicrous , delude , illusory . Lugeo ( L. ) , I mourn ; lugubrious . Lumen ( L. ) , light ; luminary , illuminate . Luna ( L. ) , the ...
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... gains his own approbation ; the fool , when he recommends himself to the applause of those about him , " the opposition would have been more complete if it had been expressed thus : " The wise man is happy when he gains his own ...
... gains his own approbation ; the fool , when he recommends himself to the applause of those about him , " the opposition would have been more complete if it had been expressed thus : " The wise man is happy when he gains his own ...
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... .; sold half of it at 3d . per lb. , and the other half at £ 1 3s . 4d . per cwt . What did I gain or lose on the whole , and how much per cent . ? ( 28 ) Find the interest on £ 34,675 for 394 PUPIL TEACHERS ' COURSE .
... .; sold half of it at 3d . per lb. , and the other half at £ 1 3s . 4d . per cwt . What did I gain or lose on the whole , and how much per cent . ? ( 28 ) Find the interest on £ 34,675 for 394 PUPIL TEACHERS ' COURSE .
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... gain or lose per cent . if he sells the mixture at 9d . per lb. ? ( 36 ) Standard gold being coined at the rate of ... gains , C gains a sovereign ; compare the profits of A and C. ( 39 ) If , when 25 per cent . is lost in grinding wheat ...
... gain or lose per cent . if he sells the mixture at 9d . per lb. ? ( 36 ) Standard gold being coined at the rate of ... gains , C gains a sovereign ; compare the profits of A and C. ( 39 ) If , when 25 per cent . is lost in grinding wheat ...
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Page 263 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Page 207 - Lords and commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Page 210 - O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 211 - HOUSES are built to live in, and not to look on ; therefore let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had. Leave the goodly fabrics of houses, for beauty only, to the enchanted palaces of the poets, who build them with small cost. He that builds a fair house upon an ill seat, 2 committeth himself to prison...
Page 263 - It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death ; and therefore death is no such terrible enemy when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death ; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief fiieth to it ; fear pre-occupateth it...
Page 251 - Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Page 246 - The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
Page 209 - O'ER wayward childhood would'st thou hold firm rule, And sun thee in the light of happy faces ; Love, Hope, and Patience, these must be thy graces, And in thine own heart let them first keep school.
Page 305 - If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts; the rectangle contained by the unequal parts, together with the square of the line between the points of section, is equal to the square of half the line.
Page 218 - There is, sir, but one stage more, which though turbulent and troublesome, is yet a very short one. Consider, it will soon carry you a great way; it will carry you from earth to heaven; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.