The English Journal of Education, Volume 5Darton and Clark, 1851 |
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... means by which the longitude of a place is determined by the chronometer , and the latitude by a meridian altitude of the sun . 2. On what causes does the difference between true solar and mean solar time depend ? SECTION VII . - 1 ...
... means by which the longitude of a place is determined by the chronometer , and the latitude by a meridian altitude of the sun . 2. On what causes does the difference between true solar and mean solar time depend ? SECTION VII . - 1 ...
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... means of creating a new class of educational works . Hitherto , books on the principles of science have been written , either for the instruction of the collegiate student or for the amusement of the mere popular reader . Now , whilst ...
... means of creating a new class of educational works . Hitherto , books on the principles of science have been written , either for the instruction of the collegiate student or for the amusement of the mere popular reader . Now , whilst ...
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... means of geographical instruction . The benefit to which we refer is , in a great measure , the fruit of the cultivation which Physical Geography has of late years received . It is in this that the seeds and sources of what is commonly ...
... means of geographical instruction . The benefit to which we refer is , in a great measure , the fruit of the cultivation which Physical Geography has of late years received . It is in this that the seeds and sources of what is commonly ...
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... means adopted by the college to secure profitable attendance by examination or other- wise ? 38. Can you state how many mem- bers of your foundation , and how many ndependent members of the society , are engaged as private tu- tors ? 39 ...
... means adopted by the college to secure profitable attendance by examination or other- wise ? 38. Can you state how many mem- bers of your foundation , and how many ndependent members of the society , are engaged as private tu- tors ? 39 ...
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... means no more than innocent ; and what does innocent mean ? -not hurting ; but we are scarcely safe here , for the word was early perverted to signify a fool or a natural ; but why a " natural ? " What is the ellipsis which should be ...
... means no more than innocent ; and what does innocent mean ? -not hurting ; but we are scarcely safe here , for the word was early perverted to signify a fool or a natural ; but why a " natural ? " What is the ellipsis which should be ...
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Page 58 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Page 228 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, • — which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 225 - For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me : and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth ; and to another, Come, and he cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Page 127 - And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
Page 79 - ... when thou sittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way and when thou liest down and when thou risest up.
Page 127 - ... but Christ being come, an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building ; neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Page 272 - If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts; the rectangle contained by the unequal parts, together with the square of the line between the points of section, is equal to the square of half the line.
Page 78 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Page 53 - Since nought so stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature : The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus : Let no such man be trusted.
Page 78 - But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.