The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... Greek philosopher , Pr- THAGORAS , is said to have been the first who found out , or at least demonstrated , the great geometrical truth that the square described on the hypotenuse , or side opposite to the right angle of a right ...
... Greek philosopher , Pr- THAGORAS , is said to have been the first who found out , or at least demonstrated , the great geometrical truth that the square described on the hypotenuse , or side opposite to the right angle of a right ...
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... Greek . Fortunately , however , for Heyne , Ruhnken was one of the few to whom his edition of Tibullus , and another of Epictetus , which he had published shortly after , had made his ob- scure name and great merits known ; and with a ...
... Greek . Fortunately , however , for Heyne , Ruhnken was one of the few to whom his edition of Tibullus , and another of Epictetus , which he had published shortly after , had made his ob- scure name and great merits known ; and with a ...
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... Greek philosophers , had been a common porter , before he applied himself to study . He lived at Abdera , in Thrace , the same town . in which resided the famous Democritus , commonly called the Laughing Philosopher , who one day met ...
... Greek philosophers , had been a common porter , before he applied himself to study . He lived at Abdera , in Thrace , the same town . in which resided the famous Democritus , commonly called the Laughing Philosopher , who one day met ...
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... Greek painter PROTOGENES acted , who , having passed the ear- lier years of his life in such obscurity and poverty , that he was obliged to spend the greater part of his time in merely painting the coarse ornaments on the prows of ships ...
... Greek painter PROTOGENES acted , who , having passed the ear- lier years of his life in such obscurity and poverty , that he was obliged to spend the greater part of his time in merely painting the coarse ornaments on the prows of ships ...
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... Greek , Latin , Italian , French , Spanish , Portuguese , Hebrew , Arabic , Persian , Turkish , German , and English . When he was afterwards induced , however , from the situation he held in India , to devote himself more especially to ...
... Greek , Latin , Italian , French , Spanish , Portuguese , Hebrew , Arabic , Persian , Turkish , German , and English . When he was afterwards induced , however , from the situation he held in India , to devote himself more especially to ...
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