Scholarship examinations of 1846/47 (-1853/54). |
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... influence during his reign . The last of these was a most distinguished Sanscrit scholar . Among other blessings which Akber conferred on the Hindoos may be noticed his decree by which the burning of widows and the sale of captives was ...
... influence during his reign . The last of these was a most distinguished Sanscrit scholar . Among other blessings which Akber conferred on the Hindoos may be noticed his decree by which the burning of widows and the sale of captives was ...
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... influence of wealth and the aristocracy has comparatively confined the prospects of the reading class till this day , yet the fortunes of Sir Walter Scott and many other eminent literary men fairly promise a better day . This universal ...
... influence of wealth and the aristocracy has comparatively confined the prospects of the reading class till this day , yet the fortunes of Sir Walter Scott and many other eminent literary men fairly promise a better day . This universal ...
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... influence over his countrymen , and can , though opposed by thousands carry all his measures . The lives of Pericles and Demosthenes , of Pitt and Burke , and of several other able statesmen , show how oratory the result of long ...
... influence over his countrymen , and can , though opposed by thousands carry all his measures . The lives of Pericles and Demosthenes , of Pitt and Burke , and of several other able statesmen , show how oratory the result of long ...
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... influence of literature as giving rise to the moral habits of a people . When we consider how far man is a creature of the internal movements of his own breast , and how far the moral impressions arising from the study of literature ...
... influence of literature as giving rise to the moral habits of a people . When we consider how far man is a creature of the internal movements of his own breast , and how far the moral impressions arising from the study of literature ...
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... influence of this reign ultimately on constitutional liberty ? 9. State very briefly the principal events in the life of Queen Eliza- beth . Describe her character , and the feelings of her people towards her . Name the principal ...
... influence of this reign ultimately on constitutional liberty ? 9. State very briefly the principal events in the life of Queen Eliza- beth . Describe her character , and the feelings of her people towards her . Name the principal ...
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.