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... called it , had reached its second volume . Sir Isaac Newton had published his Principia in 1687 , and John Locke his Essay in 1689 - which two works were to mould the mind of Cambridge for the coming century . John Ray had published ...
... called it , had reached its second volume . Sir Isaac Newton had published his Principia in 1687 , and John Locke his Essay in 1689 - which two works were to mould the mind of Cambridge for the coming century . John Ray had published ...
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... called the enlarged foundation of Gonville , the librarian was not to be found , and all the books that were to be seen were in a miserable attic haunted by pigeons ' , and so dusty that the German was forced to take off his ruffles ...
... called the enlarged foundation of Gonville , the librarian was not to be found , and all the books that were to be seen were in a miserable attic haunted by pigeons ' , and so dusty that the German was forced to take off his ruffles ...
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... called Wall - lectures2 - the sex sollemnes lectiones of the statutes , ' read pro forma in empty school ' ( 1773 ) as a qualification for the degree of M.A. , and the ordinaries ' for D.D. , which were performed in a slovenly way and ...
... called Wall - lectures2 - the sex sollemnes lectiones of the statutes , ' read pro forma in empty school ' ( 1773 ) as a qualification for the degree of M.A. , and the ordinaries ' for D.D. , which were performed in a slovenly way and ...
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... called so until there was a classical tripos from which to distinguish it ; but the very name of tripos by no means implied an examination . The history of its name is scarcely less remarkable than the development of the examination to ...
... called so until there was a classical tripos from which to distinguish it ; but the very name of tripos by no means implied an examination . The history of its name is scarcely less remarkable than the development of the examination to ...
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... called the Tripos ) are the only reliques of the disputations which , so far as the Arts faculty is concerned , have been entirely superseded by the Pre- vious Examination and improved examination for the degree . These papers of verses ...
... called the Tripos ) are the only reliques of the disputations which , so far as the Arts faculty is concerned , have been entirely superseded by the Pre- vious Examination and improved examination for the degree . These papers of verses ...
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