Alma mater; or, Seven years at the University of Cambridge. By a Trinity-man [J.M.F. Wright].Black, Young, and Young, Tavistock-Street, 1827 |
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... , and of all the distinction they now hold in the world . 6 Being perfectly well acquainted with the persons and motives of several of these ungrateful revilers , I could easily and at once refute their charges , vi PREFACE .
... , and of all the distinction they now hold in the world . 6 Being perfectly well acquainted with the persons and motives of several of these ungrateful revilers , I could easily and at once refute their charges , vi PREFACE .
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... person of great classical or other crudition , to insist upon smoking in the presence of fine ladies , to whom such filthiness is disgusting , I should pronounce him to be a great bear , and too presumptuously great in his own ...
... person of great classical or other crudition , to insist upon smoking in the presence of fine ladies , to whom such filthiness is disgusting , I should pronounce him to be a great bear , and too presumptuously great in his own ...
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... person , or probably for both . The one of his having told the servant to remove the grate , to prevent the fire from any longer roasting his shins , is not altogether probable . There are , moreover , many other strange tales of ...
... person , or probably for both . The one of his having told the servant to remove the grate , to prevent the fire from any longer roasting his shins , is not altogether probable . There are , moreover , many other strange tales of ...
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... person even like myself neither addicted to , nor gifted with , the smallest taste for the art itself , must at the very first glance at this noble specimen , be all wonder and astonish- ment , that such depth of intellect , such ...
... person even like myself neither addicted to , nor gifted with , the smallest taste for the art itself , must at the very first glance at this noble specimen , be all wonder and astonish- ment , that such depth of intellect , such ...
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... person of your erudition could cite instances innumerable to countenance any eccentricities you may choose to indulge in , but , for my part , I love the plain path . w . That's just my way , and I therefore trudge away with the books ...
... person of your erudition could cite instances innumerable to countenance any eccentricities you may choose to indulge in , but , for my part , I love the plain path . w . That's just my way , and I therefore trudge away with the books ...
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Seite 125 - Again ; the mathematical postulate, that " things which are equal to the same are equal to one another," is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term.
Seite 263 - ... line and the extremities of the base have the same ratio which the other sides of the triangle have to one...
Seite 301 - How quick they wheel'd, and flying behind them shot Sharp sleet of arrowy showers against the face Of their pursuers, and overcame by flight...
Seite 261 - The sum of the angles of a spherical triangle is greater than two and less than six right angles. Hyp. ABC is a spherical triangle. To prove ZA + ZB + ZG> 180°, and ZA + ZB + ZC<5±0°. Proof. Construct the polar triangle A'B'C', and denote the number of degrees in B'C', C'A', and A'B', respectively, by a, b, and c.
Seite 147 - FC; then, because each of the angles BAC, BAG is a right angle*, the two straight lines AC, AG upon the opposite sides of AB, make with it at the point A the adjacent angles equal to two right angles; therefore CA is in the same straight line...
Seite 259 - From the same demonstration it likewise follows that the arc which a body, uniformly revolving in a circle by means of a given centripetal force, describes in any time is a mean proportional between the diameter of the circle and the space which the same body falling by the same given force would descend through in the same given time.
Seite 10 - Thus the ideas, as well as children, of our youth often die before us; and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching; where though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away.
Seite 97 - Questionist has kept his full number of terms ; if not, the deficiency is mentioned in the supplicat, and a certificate explaining the cause is delivered to the Caput by the Father. The Registrary shews to the Caput that every candidate has subscribed that he is Lona fide a Member of the Church of England.
Seite 11 - Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains; Thus in the soul while memory prevails, The solid power of understanding fails; Where beams of warm imagination play, The memory's soft figures melt away.
Seite 85 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, each to each, and the included...