 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 - Seite 23von Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 Seiten
...ways. In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe13 or Erra Pater; For he, by geometric scale, Conld take the size of pots of ale; Resolve by sines and tangents, straight, If bread or bntter wanted weight ; And wisely tell what honr o' th' day The clock does strike, by Algebra. Beside,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 Seiten
...phrase, He would have us'd no other ways. In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahc or Erra Pater 4; For 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'th' day The clock docs strike,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1809 - 448 Seiten
...scale, Could take the size of pots of ale; Resolve, hy sines and tangents, straight, If hread or hutter wanted weight; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The clock does strike, hy algehra. Beside, he was a shrewd Philosopher, And had read ev'ry^text and gloss over : Whale'er... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 Seiten
...would have us'd no other ways. In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater : 120 For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of...Resolve by sines and tangents, straight, If bread and butter wanted weight; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day 125 The clock does strike, by algebra.... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1813 - 466 Seiten
...wit of the following passage is completely transfused, perhaps even heightened in the translation : For he by geometric scale Could take the size of pots...or butter wanted weight : And wisely tell what hour o'th' day The clock doth strike, by algebra. En geometre raffine Un pot de bierre il cut jaugé ; Par... | |
 | James Gregory - 1819 - 454 Seiten
...Hudibras, that " In Mathematics he was greater " Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater; . Let. 2 D " For be, by geometric scale, •. , ««• Could take the...o' th' day, " The clock does strike, by Algebra." Now, though I mean not to affirm, that you have attained the same high eminence with this gentleman,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 390 Seiten
...Taylor the Water Poet makes mention, in the preface to his Cast over the Heater, WorKi, p. 156. and in For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of...wanted weight ; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day 125 The clock does strike, by algebra. Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher, And had read ev'ry text... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 456 Seiten
...He would have us'd no other ways. In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe-j- or Erra Pater ; For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of...butter wanted weight; And wisely tell what hour o' th' dayThe clock does strike, by Algebra. Beside he was a shrewd philosopher, And had read ev'ry text and... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 416 Seiten
...phrase, He would have us'd no other ways. In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahef or Erra Pater; For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of...pots of ale; Resolve by sines and tangents, straight, It' bread or butter wanted weight; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The clock does strike, by Algebra.... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 560 Seiten
...Resolve by sines and tangents, straight, If bread and butter wanted weight ; And wisely tell what hoyr o' th' day The clock does strike, by algebra, Beside, he was a shrewM philosopher, And had read ev'ry text and gloss over ; Whate'er the crabbed'st author hath, He... | |
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