 | Leigh Hunt - 1890 - 364 Seiten
...he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale; Resolve, by sines and tangents, strait. If bread or butter wanted weight; And wisely tell, what hour o tit day The clodc does strike, by algebra. For his religion, it was fit 5 To match his learning and... | |
 | 1915 - 680 Seiten
...Pater: For he, by geometrick scale, Could take the size of pots of ale; Resolve, by signs and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight; And wisely...hour o' th" day The clock does strike by algebra." The task of the Dean of the University of Virginia is far from being an enviable one. The responsibility... | |
 | 1894 - 478 Seiten
...corrected methods of calculation; January 6th, January 11th, etc. 1 In connection with this attempt to " tell what hour o' th' day The clock does strike, by Algebra," Sg "> g O ••* OS e* O rH CQ IH iH O CO r-< OO CO »OO >C> O c/j ao pi TH ri E CO 1' I w lie I a... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 Seiten
...much learning become mad. p. BURTON — Anatomy of Melancholy. Pt. III. Sec. 4. Memb. 1. Subsec. 2. And you the blacker devil ! e. Othello. Act V. Sc. 2. L. 130. Those th q. BUTLEK — Hudibras. Pt. I. Canto I. L. 125. In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe, or... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1896 - 488 Seiten
...unperceived. " Come, my children, take my blessing — long may you live happy and united." Chapter XXIV He was a shrewd philosopher, And had read ev'ry text and gloss over. Whatever sceptic could inquire for, For every wAy he had a vohmfore : He could reduce all things to... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 478 Seiten
...Pater: For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale; Resolve, by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight; And wisely...Beside, he was a shrewd Philosopher, And had read every text and gloss over: Whate'er the crabbed'st author hath, He understood b' implicit faith : Whatever... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 346 Seiten
...Pater : For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve, by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight ; And wisely...Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher, And had read every text and gloss over ; Whate'er the crabbed'st author hath, He understood b' implicit faith :... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 348 Seiten
...Pater : For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve, by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight ; And wisely...Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher, And had read every text and gloss over ; Whate'er the crabbed'st author hath, He understood b' implicit faith :... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 578 Seiten
...Pater : For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve, by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight ; And wisely...hour o' th' day The clock does strike, by Algebra. Besides, he was a shrewd philosopher, And had read every text and gloss over ; Whate'er the crabbed'st... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 444 Seiten
...Pater : For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve, by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight ; And wisely...hour o' th' day The clock does strike, by Algebra. Besides, he was a shrewd philosopher, And had read every text and gloss over ; Whate'er the crabbed'st... | |
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In Mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater: For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale; Resolve, by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The clock does... 
