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The Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Under-Graduate: Being a Continuation of "The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman" — John Shaqi

The Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Under-Graduate: Being a Continuation of "The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman"Bede, Cuthbert

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The Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Under-Graduate: Being a Continuation of "The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman"

Name: The Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Under-Graduate: Being a Continuation of "The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman"
Author: Bede, Cuthbert

Bede, Cuthbert

University of Oxford -- Fiction

"8. Show from the redundancy of the word [Greek: gas] in
      Sophocles, that gas must have been used by the Athenians; also
      state, if the expression [Greek: oi Bharbaroi] would seem to
      signify that they were close shavers.

      9. Show from the-words 'Hoc erat in votis,' (Sat. VI., Lib. II.,)
      that Horace's favourite wine was hock, and that he meant to say
      'he always voted for hock.'

      "10. Draw a parallel between the Children in the Wood and Achilles
      in the Styx.

      "11. When it is stated that Ariadne, being deserted by Theseus,
      fell in love with Bacchus, is it the poetical way of asserting
      that she took to drinking to drown her grief?

      "12. Name the _prima donnas_ who have appeared in the operas of
      Virgil and Horace since the 'Virgilii Opera,' and 'Horatii Opera'
      were composed."

"EUCLID, ARITHMETIC, and ALGEBRA.

      "1. 'The extremities of a line are points.' Prove this by the rule
      of railways.

      "2. Show the fallacy of defining an angle, as 'a worm at one end
      and a fool at the other.'

      "3. If one side of a triangle be produced, what is there to
      prevent the other two sides from also being brought forward?

      "4. Let A and B be squares having their respective boundaries in E
      and W. ends, and let C and D be circles moving in them; the circle
      D will be superior to the circle C.

      "5. In equal circles, equal figures from various squares will
      stand upon the same footing.

      "6. If two parts of a circle fall out, the one part will cut the
      other.

      "7. Describe a square which shall be larger than Belgrave Square.

      "8. If the gnomon of a sun-dial be divided into two equal, and
      also into two unequal parts, what would be its value?

      "9. Describe a perpendicular triangle having the squares of the
      semi-circle equal to half the extremity between the points of
      section.

      "10. If an Austrian florin is worth 5.61 francs, what will be the
      value of Pennsylvanian bonds? Prove by rule-of-three inverse.

      "11. If seven horses eat twenty-five acres of grass in three days,
      what will be their condition on the fourth day? Prove by practice.

      "12. If a coach-wheel, 6-5/30 in diameter and 5-9/47 in
      circumference, makes 240-4/10 revolutions in a second, how many
      men will it take to do the same piece of work in ten days?

      "13. Find the greatest common measure of a quart bottle of Oxford
      port.

      "14. Find the value of a 'bob,' a 'tanner,' a 'joey,' and a
      'tizzy.'

      "15. Explain the common denominators 'brick,' 'trump,' 'spoon,'
      'muff,' and state what was the greatest common denominator in the
      last term.

      "16. Reduce two academical years to their lowest terms.

      "17. Reduce a Christ Church tuft to the level of a Teddy Hall man.

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