The Quarterly Review, Volume 108William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1860 |
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Page 585
... examinations are conducted . Every candidate for a civil appointment is compelled to pass a test- examination ( this , indeed , was the case in some of the depart- ments before the appointment of the Commission ) ; and this , in some ...
... examinations are conducted . Every candidate for a civil appointment is compelled to pass a test- examination ( this , indeed , was the case in some of the depart- ments before the appointment of the Commission ) ; and this , in some ...
Page 589
... examination being one pluck to six passes . It is difficult to conceive anything ap- proaching more nearly to despair than the feelings of an expectant exciseman contemplating these ... examination was to Competitive Examinations . 589.
... examination being one pluck to six passes . It is difficult to conceive anything ap- proaching more nearly to despair than the feelings of an expectant exciseman contemplating these ... examination was to Competitive Examinations . 589.
Page 594
... examination , but is represented by the Inspectors - General to be " wanting in business habits , and is not particularly intelligent ; " the other passed a highly satisfactory competitive examination , gaining him 920 marks out of 1100 ...
... examination , but is represented by the Inspectors - General to be " wanting in business habits , and is not particularly intelligent ; " the other passed a highly satisfactory competitive examination , gaining him 920 marks out of 1100 ...
Contents
Tribes Presented to both Houses of Parliament | 120 |
Memoir of the Life of the late Ary Scheffer By | 162 |
A Handbook for Travellers in Wiltshire Dorsetshire | 200 |
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