112 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND FEBRUARY, 1889.
6. Parse words in italics in above passages, giving grammatical comments, where necessary. 7. Translate into Latin.
Cæsar said that he could not give any man (right of) road through the Province.* Orgetorix was by far the noblest and richest among the Helvetii.
He persuaded them very easily to this course.
January 10th, 1889.
He remained at Tarentum three years.
Having prepared everything for the march, they fix a day.
8. Explain the terms, cognate accusative, double accusative, accusative of respect. Give examples.
CLASS I-ALGEBRA.
Friday, 9--12.
x2+2x-8
-X -12
x2 + X-
-12.
1. Find the value of
x2+2x- -6
x2
-2
6.
-
- 1
*+ # x2y
2. Multiply {—ry+r3y—y} by { x2 + z 1 y + z ty1 + y22 }
and express the answer without indices.
3. Simplify
12
√30+ √15 – √ 6· √3
X
У
by removing the denominator.
4. By selling goods for 4s. 1d. I lost at a certain rate p.c.: if I had sold them for 48. 5d. I should
have gained at three times the same rate. What was the cost price?
5. Solve the following equations.
(1) X 2+x- 3
X -3 XC- -2
13
6
a
b
(2)
X
a2-b2
ab
bx az
3x + 4y + 5z=3
(3) 6x+12y + 10z=7 12x + 8y +15=9
(4)을
16
+ 3=0
20
6. Find the Square Root of 18 – 6 √ 5.
7. In how many different ways can a man pay a bill for £7. 7s. Od. with half-guineas and half-crowns,
no change being given?
8. How many terms of the series 31 + 29 +27 +...amount to 252? Shew how there come to be two
possible answers.
5
3
27
9. Sum
+
... to infinity.
3
5 125
CLASS I-SHAKESPEARE.
Friday, 2-4.30.
1. By what arguments may we determine the date of a play? Apply them to finding the date of the
play of King John.
2. Give instances of disregard of historical accuracy in this play.
3. In what peculiar senses does Shakespeare employ the following words; coil, compound, conduct,
cracker, earthy, expedient, importance, niece, owe, remember, sightless, tides.
4. Criticise the concord between subject and predicate in the following
Heaven guard my mother's honour and my land.
Look where three farthings goes.
Those sleeping stones that as a waist doth girdle thee about.
Where is she and her son?
Thy later vows is in thyself rebellion to thyself.
The peril of our curses light on thee.
When gold and silver becks me to come on.
5. What puns, or plays on words, has Shakespeare made on the following; die, fault, match, queen,
Rome, sin, son, valiant.