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... in future ? A. Three Leap - years , in the course of four centuries , are to be reduced to common years , and thus the 10m . 3sec . borrowed in every fourth year , will be imperceptibly repaid . STOPS , & c . Q. What is the use 38.
... in future ? A. Three Leap - years , in the course of four centuries , are to be reduced to common years , and thus the 10m . 3sec . borrowed in every fourth year , will be imperceptibly repaid . STOPS , & c . Q. What is the use 38.
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... century , not many years after the Norman conquest , the second and the third were undertaken in the 12th century . Q. What is the date of the conquest of Ireland ? A. A.D. 1172 . Q. What illustrious persons lived in the twelfth century ...
... century , not many years after the Norman conquest , the second and the third were undertaken in the 12th century . Q. What is the date of the conquest of Ireland ? A. A.D. 1172 . Q. What illustrious persons lived in the twelfth century ...
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... century ? A. The Battles of Cressy and Poictiers - The build- ing of Windsor Castle -The foundation of Winchester ... century ? A. Chaucer , the father of English poetry . Q. Who was the conqueror of the East in the four- teenth century ...
... century ? A. The Battles of Cressy and Poictiers - The build- ing of Windsor Castle -The foundation of Winchester ... century ? A. Chaucer , the father of English poetry . Q. Who was the conqueror of the East in the four- teenth century ...
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... century ? A. Sir Thomas More - Cranmer - Latimer - Colet -Ascham - Bacon - Spenser - Ben Jonson -Shakespeare - Hooker - Camden . Q. Give me the names of some of the great men of other countries , who brought about the revival of ...
... century ? A. Sir Thomas More - Cranmer - Latimer - Colet -Ascham - Bacon - Spenser - Ben Jonson -Shakespeare - Hooker - Camden . Q. Give me the names of some of the great men of other countries , who brought about the revival of ...
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... century , as regards English History ? A. The reign of Queen Anne - The victories of Marlborough - The reigns of George I. George II . and George III . Q. Who reigned in France at the beginning of the eighteenth century ? A. Louis XIV ...
... century , as regards English History ? A. The reign of Queen Anne - The victories of Marlborough - The reigns of George I. George II . and George III . Q. Who reigned in France at the beginning of the eighteenth century ? A. Louis XIV ...
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Page 48 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, — which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet...
Page 18 - Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother ; James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus ; 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
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Page 46 - fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?
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Page 37 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November : February hath twenty-eight alone, And all the rest have thirty-one ; But leap year coming once in four, February then has one day more.
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