The Florence Stories: Florence and John

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Sheldon & Company, 1866

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Page 12 - A polygon is a plane figure bounded by straight lines. A polygon of three sides is a triangle ; of four sides, a quadrilateral ; of five sides, a pentagon ; of six sides, a hexagon; of eight sides, an octagon; of ten sides, a decagon; of twelve sides, a dodecagon ; and so on.
Page 164 - ... sat always at my right hand; and two cats, one on one side of the table, and one on the other, expecting now and then a bit from my hand, as a mark of special favour.
Page 12 - ... every place where you cut off a corner you will have a new side. These four new sides, together with the parts of the old sides that are left, will make eight sides, and so you will have* an octagon. If you wish your octagon to be regular, you must be careful how much you cut off at each corner. If you cut off too little, the new sides which you make will not be so long as what remains of the old ones. If you cut off too much, they will be longer. You had better cut off a little at first from...
Page 212 - A cubit is the length of his arm from the elbow to the end of the finger. A span is as far as he can reach with his thumb and finger.
Page 12 - If you wish to see exactly what the form of an octagon is, you can make one in this way. First cut out a piece of paper in the form of a square. This square will, of course, have four sides and four corners.
Page 202 - There are some very nice seats under the shade of the trees along the banks of the river, and we will do our writing there. We can sit right down upon the grass," he added, turning to Florence, " and write with our paper upon the seat for a table.
Page 88 - He was convinced thai what he had said was not strictly untrue, bui then he had a feeling that there was something not quite right about it, and so he was silent Besides, very soon after this, he came to th< livery stable.

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