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Cambridge Scholarships and Examinations

Name: Cambridge Scholarships and Examinations
Author: Robert Potts
ISBN: 9781130957884

by Robert Potts

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ... a tall, haggard, imposing figure, with dark visage, and a tranquil, but commanding eye. He waved his broad-leaved felt hat for silence, and then exclaimed, in language which has been almost literally preserved, "What would ye, my friends? Why do ye murmur that we do not break our vows, and surrender the city to the Spaniards? a fate more horrible than the agony which she now endures. I tell you I have made an oath to hold the city, and may God give me strength to keep my oath! I can die but once, whether by your hands, the enemy's, or by the hand of God. My own fate is indifferent to me, not so that of the city entrusted to my care. I know that we shall starve if not soon rebeved; but starvation is preferable to the dishonoured death which is the only alternative. Your menaces move me not; my life is at your disposal; here is my sword, plunge it into my breast, and divide my flesh among you. Take my body to appease your hunger, but expect no surrender so long as I remain alive." The words of the stout burgomaster inspired a new courage in the breasts of those who heard him, and a shout of applause and defiance arose from the famishing but enthusiastic crowd. J. L. Motley of the Siege of Leyden, 1574. MATHEMATICS. I. 1. A school-bell tolls at the rate of 551 strokes iu three minutes. A boy steps out of his house on the first stroke, and walks down to school at the rate of 143 steps in a minute. Find the first step which is nearest of any to exact coincidence with a stroke of the bell, and that which is nearest but one. Find also the interval of time between step and stroke in each of these two cases. 2. Verify the following short rules:--(1) The number of farthings per pound is nine times the number of guineas per cwt. (2) The number of miles per ...