Scholarship examinations of 1846/47 (-1853/54). |
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الصفحة 3
... rise ; Damn with faint praise , assent with civil leer , And without sneering , teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound , and yet afraid to strike , Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame , or to commend , A ...
... rise ; Damn with faint praise , assent with civil leer , And without sneering , teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound , and yet afraid to strike , Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame , or to commend , A ...
الصفحة 19
... rise of Marius and Sylla - what dreadful proof did Mithridates give of his hatred to the Romans , the number that perished - where was Sylla at the time ? What do you know of the sedition of Cinna - whom did he recall and form a ...
... rise of Marius and Sylla - what dreadful proof did Mithridates give of his hatred to the Romans , the number that perished - where was Sylla at the time ? What do you know of the sedition of Cinna - whom did he recall and form a ...
الصفحة 20
... rise and fall of Bacon ? What was the state of Ireland and Scotland on the death of James - the state of religion - what was the state of taxation during the reign of Charles ? Who was at the head of Church affairs ? What made the Scots ...
... rise and fall of Bacon ? What was the state of Ireland and Scotland on the death of James - the state of religion - what was the state of taxation during the reign of Charles ? Who was at the head of Church affairs ? What made the Scots ...
الصفحة 25
... rising like a stream of rich distilled perfumes disturbed the sombre reign of silence , but such was its exquisite delicacy that even silence was enraptured ere she was aware that she was disturbed , and even when aware rather than lose ...
... rising like a stream of rich distilled perfumes disturbed the sombre reign of silence , but such was its exquisite delicacy that even silence was enraptured ere she was aware that she was disturbed , and even when aware rather than lose ...
الصفحة 26
... rising , Addison befriended him and took occasions to commend him highly in many numbers of his paper . The immediate cause of disagreement between them was the jealousy of Addison towards Pope on account of the latter's undertaking the ...
... rising , Addison befriended him and took occasions to commend him highly in many numbers of his paper . The immediate cause of disagreement between them was the jealousy of Addison towards Pope on account of the latter's undertaking the ...
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الصفحة 3 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise, Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
الصفحة 54 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
الصفحة 5 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
الصفحة 6 - Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
الصفحة 1 - O poor hapless nightingale, thought I, How sweet thou sing'st, how near the deadly snare ! Then down the lawns I ran with headlong...
الصفحة 13 - In any right-angled triangle, the square which is described upon the side subtending the right angle, is equal to the squares described upon the sides which contain the right angle.
الصفحة 37 - There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces; and that cure is freedom. When a prisoner first leaves his cell he cannot bear the light of day ; he is unable to discriminate colors or recognize faces.
الصفحة 29 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.