The Practical Teacher, Volume 1, Issue 1T. Nelson, 1882 - Education |
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... called squirrels are not squirrels , nor even rodents , but are Mar- supials , belonging to the great group of Phalangists . The mistake arises from the natural errors made by travellers and colonists , who name every creature they see ...
... called squirrels are not squirrels , nor even rodents , but are Mar- supials , belonging to the great group of Phalangists . The mistake arises from the natural errors made by travellers and colonists , who name every creature they see ...
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... called out , and the examiner of each slate puts a large cipher on each sum that is wrong , and a cross on each that is right . Slates are now passed back to the owners , and those who have four crosses ( all right ) are often allowed ...
... called out , and the examiner of each slate puts a large cipher on each sum that is wrong , and a cross on each that is right . Slates are now passed back to the owners , and those who have four crosses ( all right ) are often allowed ...
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... called New Amsterdam know , too , that it was founded by the Dutch ; Virginia shows that it was colonised in the reign of our virgin queen , Elizabeth ; Carolina , during that of Charles ( Carolus ) . The term fell , applied to ...
... called New Amsterdam know , too , that it was founded by the Dutch ; Virginia shows that it was colonised in the reign of our virgin queen , Elizabeth ; Carolina , during that of Charles ( Carolus ) . The term fell , applied to ...
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... called ? ( 10 ) Where does he live ? ( 11 ) What is the Sultan's wife called ? ( 12 ) In going from Athens to the Black Sea , what sea do you pass ? ( 13 ) What is an archipelago ? ( 14 ) Name the largest island in the Archipelago ...
... called ? ( 10 ) Where does he live ? ( 11 ) What is the Sultan's wife called ? ( 12 ) In going from Athens to the Black Sea , what sea do you pass ? ( 13 ) What is an archipelago ? ( 14 ) Name the largest island in the Archipelago ...
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... called Shelties . The Hebrides form two groups of islands lying along the west of Scotland . The Inner Hebrides lie close to the coast , and consist of these principal islands : Skye , Mull , Jura , Islay , Colonsay , and Oronsay . The ...
... called Shelties . The Hebrides form two groups of islands lying along the west of Scotland . The Inner Hebrides lie close to the coast , and consist of these principal islands : Skye , Mull , Jura , Islay , Colonsay , and Oronsay . The ...
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Page 236 - The Bank undertakes for its Customers, free of charge, the custody of Deeds, Writings, and other Securities and Valuables ; the collection of Bills of Exchange, Dividends, and Coupons: and the purchase and sale of Stocks, Shares, and Annuities.
Page 322 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 197 - ... describe, who see all the operation but feel not the knife. This singular condition was not the result of any mental process. The shake annihilated fear, and allowed no sense of horror in looking round at the beast. This peculiar state is probably produced in all animals killed by the carnivora; and, if so, is a merciful provision by our benevolent Creator for lessening the pain of death.
Page 75 - 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.
Page 292 - The Bank also receives money on Deposit at Three per cent. Interest, repayable on demand. The Bank undertakes for its Customers, free of charge, the Custody of Deeds, Writings, and other Securities and...
Page ccxi - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 379 - 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 together equal to two right angles.
Page 199 - The lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they who seek the Lord, shall want no manner of thing that is good.
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Page 278 - The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to each other ; and if the equal sides be produced, the angles on the other side of the base shall be equal.