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" The candidate to be examined employs three or four days in learning these by heart, and the examiners, having done the same before him when they were examined, know what questions to ask, and so all goes on smoothly. "
The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Page 270
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Essays, Moral and Literary, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1783 - 396 pages
...foch myfteries. But fcbemei, as they are called, or little books, containing forty or fifty queftions on each fcience, are handed down, from age to age,...thefe by heart, and the examiners, having done the lame before him when they were examined, know what queftions to afk, and fo all goes on fmoothly. When...
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Familiar Letters on a Variety of Subjects, Addressed to a Friend: By the Rev ...

Edward Barry - 1794 - 198 pages
...Butfehemes, as they are called, or little books, containing forty or fifty queftions in each fcjence, are handed down, from age to age, from one to another....be examined employs three or four days in learning thefs by heart, and the the good luck to meet with fo many rich benefaftor s to fapport the different...
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Essays Moral and Literary, Volume 2

Vicesimus Knox - 1800 - 378 pages
...myfteries. But fchemes , as they are called, or little books, containing forty or fifty queftions in each fcience , are handed * down , from age to age...fame before him when. they were examined, know what queftions to afk ; and fo all goes on fmoothly. When the candidate has difplayed his univerfal knowledge...
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The British Essayists: Knox's essays

James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 324 pages
...schemes, as they are called, or little books, containing forty or fifty questions on each science, are handed down, from age to age, from one to another....be examined employs three or four days in learning these by heart, and the examiners, having done the same before him when they were examined, know what...
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Essays, Moral and Literary, Volume 2

Vicesimus Knox - 1821 - 316 pages
...schemes, as they are called, or little books, containing forty or fifty questions on each science, are handed down, from age to age, from one to another....be examined employs three or four days in learning these by heart, and the examiners, having done the same before him when they were examined, know what...
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The British Essayists: Knox's essays

James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 314 pages
...schemes, as they are called, or little books, containing forty or fifty questions on each science, are handed down, from age to age, from one to another....be examined employs three or four days in learning these by heart, and the examiners, having done the same before him when they were examined, know what...
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The Works of Vicesimus Knox, D.D.: With a Biographical Preface, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - Christian literature - 1824 - 606 pages
...schemes, as they are called, or little books, containing forty or fifty questions in each science, are handed down from age to age, from one to another....be examined employs three or four days in learning these by heart, and the examiners, having done the same before him when they were examined, know what...
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The Works of Vicesimus Knox, D.D.: With a Biographical Preface, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - Christian literature - 1824 - 598 pages
...as they are called, or little books, containing forty or fifty questions in each science, are bunded down from age to age, from one to another. The candidate...be examined employs three or four days in learning these by heart, and the examiners, having done the same before him when they were examined, know what...
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The Works of Vicesimus Knox, D.D.: With a Biographical Preface, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - Christian literature - 1824 - 598 pages
...schemes, as they are called, or little books, containing forty or fifty questions in each science, are handed down from age to age, from one to another....candidate to be examined employs three or four days ,jn learning these by heart, and the examiners, having done the same before him when they were examined,...
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The Recommendations of the Oxford University Commissioners, with Selections ...

James Heywood - Universities and colleges - 1853 - 638 pages
...But schemes, as they " are called, or little books, containing 40 or 50 questions " in each science, are handed down from age to age, from " one to another....examined employs " three or four days in learning these by heart, and the " Examiners, having done the same before him when they " were examined, know...
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