 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...  Poetical Works: With the Life of the Author - Página 23de Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 páginas
...Latin, Like fustian, heretofore, on satin. In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe or Erra Pater; For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; 5. Resolve by signs and tangents straight, If bread and butter wanted weight ; And wisely tell what... | |
 | 1872 - 660 páginas
...phrase, He would have used no other ways. In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe or Erra Pater : For he by geometric scale Could take the size of pots...butter wanted weight; And wisely tell what hour o' the day The clock does strike, by algebra. Besides, he was a shrewd philosopher, And had read every... | |
 | George Markham Tweddell - 1872 - 438 páginas
...Brahe, or Erra Pater: For he, by geometric scale, Could take the eize of pots of ale ; Resolve, by signs and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight...hour o' th' day The clock does strike, by algebra." BUTLER'S Hudibras. " Mathematical knowledge adds vigour to the mind, frees it from prejudice, credulity,... | |
 | Lāl Behārī Day, Lālavihārı̄ De - 1874 - 318 páginas
...greater Than Tycho Brahe or Erra Pater; For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots and ale; Resolve by sines and tangents straight, If bread...butter wanted weight; And wisely tell what hour o' the day The clock does strike, by Algebra. This miraculous knowledge of figures Dhumketu turned to... | |
 | Lal Behari Day - 1874 - 410 páginas
...greater Than Tycho Brahe or Erra Pater ; For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots and ale ; Resolve by sines and tangents straight, If bread...butter wanted weight ; And wisely tell what hour o' the day The clock does strike, by Algebra. This miraculous knowledge of figures Dhumketn turned to... | |
 | Lal Behari Day - 1874 - 502 páginas
...Tycho Brahe or Erra Pater ; For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots and ale ; Eesolve by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight ; And wisely tell what hour o' the day The clock does strike, by Algebra. This miraculous knowledge of figures Dhumketa turned to... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 páginas
...Line 89. For he, by geometric scale, . Could take the si2e of pots of ale. Part 1. Canto i. Line 121. And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The clock does strike, by Algebra. Part i. Canto i. Line 125. Hudibras continued.] Whatever sceptic could inquire for, For every why he... | |
 | 1874 - 674 páginas
...to see." RMR— Z. " Every one is as God made him, and oftentimes a great deal worst." JS-HlliN>. " For he by geometric scale Could take the size of pots of ale." HGR. " There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee." B-NN-V-LL-. " Lightning calculator,... | |
 | Charles William Heckethorn - 1875 - 422 páginas
...sheer pretence, for the only geometry a mason studies in the lodge is that mentioned by Hudibras : " For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of...tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight." Some of the members proved that a good knife and fork in the hands of a dexterous brother, over proper... | |
 | Charles William Heckethorn - 1875 - 468 páginas
...sheer pretence, for the only geometry a mason studies in the lodge is that mentioned by Hudibras : " For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Ecsolve by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight." Some of the members proved... | |
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