 | George Frederick Graham - 1857 - 416 Seiten
...they suffer the pains of Tantalus, will never lift their hands for their own relief?" — Johnson. " When a king asked Euclid, the mathematician, whether...compendious manner, he was answered, that there was no royal road to geometry!" — Ibid. ON CLIMAX. Climax, or Amplification, as it is called by Quintilian, consists... | |
 | John Timbs - 1857 - 444 Seiten
...school of mathematics at Alexandria, in the reign of the first Ptolemy, was once asked by that sovereign whether he could not explain his art to him in a more compendious way ; to •which Euclid made the celebrated answer, that there was no royal road to geometry. EX PEDE... | |
 | 1858 - 402 Seiten
...disgrace, and not be prohibited from interceding. EUCLID, the mathematician, being asked by a king whether he could not explain his art to him in a more compendious manner, replied : " There is no royal road to geometry." Other things may be seized by might, or purchased... | |
 | War office - 1858 - 578 Seiten
...school of mathematics at Alexandria in the reign of the first Ptolemy, was once asked by that sovereign whether he could not explain his art to him in a more compendious way ; to which Euclid made the celebrated answer, that there was no royal road to geometry. Upon this... | |
 | John Timbs - 1858 - 272 Seiten
...school of mathematics at Alexandria, in the reign of the first Ptolemy, was once asked by that sovereign whether he could not explain his art to him in a more compendious way ; to which Euclid made the celebrated answer, that there was no royal road to geometry. Upon this... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1861 - 352 Seiten
...only by virtue. — Sin W. TKMPLE. 3. When a king asked Euclid, the mathematician, whether he cculd not explain his art to him in a more compendious"...Other things may be seized by might, or purchased with •nonoy, but knowledge; is to be gained only by study, and study to be prosecuted only in retirement.... | |
 | John Wilson - 1868 - 376 Seiten
...but what with juster views we ought to wish. When a king asked Euclid the mathematician, whether lie could not explain his art to him in a more compendious manner, he wits answered that there was no royal way to geometry. "The sun not set yet, Thomas?" — "Not quite,... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1869 - 418 Seiten
...they suffer the pains of Tantalus, will never lift their hands for their own relief? ' — Johnson. 'When a king asked Euclid, the mathematician, whether...compendious manner, he was answered, that there was no royal road to geometry ! ' — Ibid. ON CLIMAX. Climax, or Amplification, as it is called by Quintilian,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1871 - 356 Seiten
...not what we might actually wish with our present views, but what with juster views we ought to wish. When a king asked Euclid the mathematician, whether...answered that there was no royal way to geometry. "The sun not set yet, Thomas?" — "Not quite, sir. It blazes through the trees on the hill yonder,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1871 - 364 Seiten
...what we might actually wish with our present views, but what with juster views we ought to wish. Wheu a king asked Euclid the mathematician, whether he...answered that there was no royal way to geometry. •'The sun not set yet, Thomas?" — "Not quite, sir. It blazes through the trees on the hill yonder,... | |
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When a king asked Euclid, the mathematician, •whether he could not explain his art to him in a more compendious manner ? he was answered, that there was no royal way to geometry. 
