The Oxford examiner, ed. by M.W.I. Shilleto, Issues 1-5Mary W I. Shilleto 1882 |
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... Mention any coincidences in other parts of the New Testament , or in profane history , which help to establish its authenticity . 11. Give a summary of its contents . Say anything you know of the controversy at the time and place of its ...
... Mention any coincidences in other parts of the New Testament , or in profane history , which help to establish its authenticity . 11. Give a summary of its contents . Say anything you know of the controversy at the time and place of its ...
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... Mention the chief islands in the Atlantic Ocean , distin- guishing those which belong to the British Empire . 7. Lakes are generally distinguished into four kinds , according to the manner in which they receive and discharge their ...
... Mention the chief islands in the Atlantic Ocean , distin- guishing those which belong to the British Empire . 7. Lakes are generally distinguished into four kinds , according to the manner in which they receive and discharge their ...
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... Mention in each period the principal actions and events , with their effects and results . Dates to be given in all cases . 2. What was the extent of the dominions of Henry II . , and how were they acquired by him ? Describe , by map or ...
... Mention in each period the principal actions and events , with their effects and results . Dates to be given in all cases . 2. What was the extent of the dominions of Henry II . , and how were they acquired by him ? Describe , by map or ...
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... Mention any peculiarities in the use of mille , cent , vingt . Give the French for : a week ; a fortnight ; Henry the Eighth ; Charles the First ; Napoleon III . , son of Louis Buonaparte ( brother of Napoleon I. ) was elected emperor ...
... Mention any peculiarities in the use of mille , cent , vingt . Give the French for : a week ; a fortnight ; Henry the Eighth ; Charles the First ; Napoleon III . , son of Louis Buonaparte ( brother of Napoleon I. ) was elected emperor ...
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... Mention any peculiarities in the conjugation or use of the following verbs : -Nager , épeler , peindre , désobéir , certifier , se passer , couvrir , manquer , satisfaire , devoir , haïr , fleurir . 8. Translate ( without a dictionary ) ...
... Mention any peculiarities in the conjugation or use of the following verbs : -Nager , épeler , peindre , désobéir , certifier , se passer , couvrir , manquer , satisfaire , devoir , haïr , fleurir . 8. Translate ( without a dictionary ) ...
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Page 7 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Page 7 - With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags Plying her needle and thread — Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the rich ! She sang this "Song of the Shirt.
Page 98 - I COME, I come ! ye have called me long, I come o'er the mountains with light and song ! Ye may trace my step o'er the wakening earth, By the winds which tell of the violet's birth, By the primrose-stars in the shadowy grass, By the green leaves, opening as I pass.
Page 157 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Page 166 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 117 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...
Page 67 - Ariosto tells a pretty story of a fairy, who, by some mysterious law of her nature, was condemned to appear, at certain seasons, in the form of a foul and poisonous snake. Those who injured her during the period of her disguise, were forever excluded from participation in the blessings which she bestowed. But to those who, in spite of her loathsome aspect, pitied and protected her, she afterwards revealed herself in the beautiful and celestial form which...
Page 92 - The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife : and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
Page 78 - The angle in a semicircle is a right angle; the angle in a segment greater than a semicircle is less than a right angle; and the angle in a segment less than a semicircle is greater than a right angle.
Page 6 - Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man...