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... important examination , a mere collection of questions that have often been set or an attempt to anticipate the arrange- ments of examiners would be of small service to a candidate . The object of the author has rather been to encourage ...
... important examination , a mere collection of questions that have often been set or an attempt to anticipate the arrange- ments of examiners would be of small service to a candidate . The object of the author has rather been to encourage ...
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... importance of the final " e " in his poems . What idea does he give us of the general plan of this work ? how far was it carried out ? Prove its superiority to that of the " Decameron . " What were Chaucer's services to English ...
... importance of the final " e " in his poems . What idea does he give us of the general plan of this work ? how far was it carried out ? Prove its superiority to that of the " Decameron . " What were Chaucer's services to English ...
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... important characters in this play , and quote a few lines with regard to each . 78. How far do you agree with these criticisms ? - " And as the noblest glories of England are presented in this play , so it presents Shakespeare's ideal ...
... important characters in this play , and quote a few lines with regard to each . 78. How far do you agree with these criticisms ? - " And as the noblest glories of England are presented in this play , so it presents Shakespeare's ideal ...
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... importance of distinguishing between fundamental points and mere points of order . What does Bacon think of the use of the sword to promote religious uniformity ? 107. Show how a man by omitting to take revenge BACON Essays.
... importance of distinguishing between fundamental points and mere points of order . What does Bacon think of the use of the sword to promote religious uniformity ? 107. Show how a man by omitting to take revenge BACON Essays.
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Thomas Miller Maguire. tinguish between a cunning and an impudent flatterer . Show the importance of praising one's profession by reference to St. Paul and the Roman cardinals . 160. Why are vainglorious men factious and violent ? Of ...
Thomas Miller Maguire. tinguish between a cunning and an impudent flatterer . Show the importance of praising one's profession by reference to St. Paul and the Roman cardinals . 160. Why are vainglorious men factious and violent ? Of ...
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Page 29 - The Greek Testament: with a critically revised Text; a Digest of Various Readings; Marginal References to verbal and Idiomatic Usage; Prolegomena; and a Critical and Exegetical Commentary. For the Use of Theological Students and Ministers, By HENRY ALFORD, DD, Dean of Canterbury. Vol. I., containing the Four Gospels.
Page 27 - Abbott.— HELLENICA. A Collection of Essays on Greek Poetry, Philosophy, History, and Religion.
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Page 9 - A Short History of the English People." ROME. By the Rev. M. CREIGHTON, MA, late Fellow and Tutor of Merton College, Oxford. With Eleven Maps. iSmo. is. "The author has been curiously successful in telling in an intelligent way the story of Rome from first to last"— SCHOOL BOARD CHRONICLE.
Page 27 - Edited by John Edwin Sandys, MA, Fellow and Tutor of St John's College, Classical Lecturer at Jesus College, Cambridge. Persii Satirae. Edited by A. Pretor, MA, Fellow of St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, Classical Lecturer of Trinity Hall. 3*.
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Page 38 - But who is this, what thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems, That, so bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way, sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving...
Page 45 - The power of the Crown, almost dead and rotten as prerogative, has grown up anew, with much more strength and far less odium, under the name of influence...