 | Thomas Wright - 1842 - 592 Seiten
...of a later date than the tenth or eleventh century.* The first problem in the list is this : — " The swallow once invited the snail to dinner : he lived just one league from the spot, and the snail travelled at the rate of only one inch a day : how long would it be before he dined... | |
 | William (of Malmesbury) - 1862 - 456 Seiten
...tenth or eleventh century, and generally ascribed to a much earlier period. The first is as follows. " The swallow once invited the snail to dinner ; he lived just one league from the spot, and the snail travelled at the rate of one inch a day : how long would he be before he dined... | |
 | Anglo-Saxons - 1850 - 200 Seiten
...intended to exercise ingenuity, or, as it is expressed, ad acuendos juvenes, to sharpen the pupils : " The swallow once invited the snail to dinner ; he lived just one league from the spot, and the snail travelled at the rate of only one inch a day ; how long would it be before he dined... | |
 | Walter Farquhar Hook - 1860 - 558 Seiten
...examination, but by a constant course of questioning and cross-questioning, as connected with each lesson. The instruction was catechetical. Of the mode of conducting...snail to dinner ; he lived just one league from the spot, and the snail travelled at the rate of only one inch a day: how long would it be before he dined... | |
 | Walter Farquhar Hook - 1861 - 530 Seiten
...examination, but by a constant course of questioning and cross-questioning, as connected with each lesson. The instruction was catechetical. Of the mode of conducting...snail to dinner ; he lived just one league from the spot, and the snail travelled at the rate of only one inch a day: how long would it be before he dined... | |
 | John Thrupp - 1862 - 436 Seiten
...tenth or eleventh century, and generally ascribed to a much earlier period. The first is as follows. " The swallow once invited the snail to dinner ; he lived just one league from the spot, and the snail travelled at the rate of one inch a day : how long would he be before he dined... | |
 | James Bass Mullinger - 1873 - 796 Seiten
...examination, but by a constant course of questioning and cross-questioning, as connected with each lesson. The instruction was catechetical. Of the mode of conducting...National Schools are familiar as emanating from Her MHjesty's inspectors.' Respecting the library which Theodoras is reported to have brought with him,... | |
 | Thomas M'Caleb - 1894 - 634 Seiten
...in arithmetic were often quaint and fantastic. The following is one of several cited by Thrupp : " The swallow once invited the snail to dinner ; he lived just one league from the spot, and the snail travelled at the rate of one inch a day. How long would it be before he dined ?... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1896 - 1056 Seiten
...quaiutuess or interest appears to demand it. Among the arithmetical problems in vogue we have the following: "The swallow once invited the snail to dinner; he lived .just one league from the, spot, and the snail traveled at the rate of an inch a day. How long would it be before he dined?''... | |
 | George Frederick Bosworth - 1914 - 230 Seiten
...after the lapse of one thousand years. It will be interesting to read some of them. Here is one : " The swallow once invited the snail to dinner : he lived just one league from the spot, and the snail travelled at the rate of only one inch a day : how long would it be before he dined... | |
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The swallow once invited the snail to dinner ; he lived just one league from the spot, and the snail travelled at the rate of only one inch a day: how long would it be before he dined... 
