 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...  Edmund Burke - Page 156edited by - 129 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Samuel Butler - 1861 - 394 pages
...Pater; For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Kesolve by sines and tangent* straight If bread or butter wanted weight; And wisely...hour o' th' day The clock does strike, by Algebra, Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher, And had read ev'ry text and gloss over; Whate'er the crabbed'st... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1774 - 254 pages
...pebble-ftones When he harangu'd, but known his phra(e, He would have us'd no other ways. In mathematies he was greater Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater: For he, by geometric feale Could take the fize of pots of ale ; Refolve by fines and tangents, flraight, If bread or butter... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 pages
...known his 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...hour o' th' day The clock does strike, by Algebra. Beside he was a shrewd philosopher, And had read ev'ry text and gloss over ; Whate'er the crabbed'st... | |
 | James Gregory - 1819 - 454 pages
...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, Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 456 pages
...known his phrase, 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...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... | |
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