 Alas, I cannot see in the dark; nature has not furnished me with the optics of a cat. Must I pore upon mathematics? Alas, I cannot see in too much light; I am no eagle. It is very possible that two and two make four, but I would not give four farthings...  The Quarterly Review - Էջ 8խմբագրել է - 1854Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1775 - 664 էջ
...Muft I pore upon mathematics? Alas, 1 cannot fee in too much light; I am no eagle. It is very poiT.blc that two and two make four, but I would not give four farthing* to demonlirate this ever fo clearly ; and if thefe be the profits of life, give me the amufements... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1794 - 492 էջ
...pore upon mathematics? Alas ¿< , I cannot fee in too much light; I am no eagle. It is ver? poffible that two and two make four, but I would not give four farthings to demoiiftrate this ever fo dearlyj and if thefe be the profits of live, give me the amufeinents of it.... | |
 | John Blair Linn - 1802 - 196 էջ
...Must I pore upon mathematics? Alas! I cannot see in too much light; I am no eagle. It is very possible that two and two make four, but I would not give four...the profits of life, give me the amusements of it." Perhaps the three modern writers who possessed the most universal genius were Leibnitz, l^Uton, and... | |
 | John Blair Linn - 1804 - 192 էջ
...pore upon mathematics ? Alas ! I cannot see in too much light ; I am no eagle. It is very possible that two and two make four, but I would not give four...the profits of life, give me the amusements of it." Perhaps the three modern writers who possessed the most universal genius were Leibnitz, Milton, and... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 էջ
...eagle. It is very possible that two and two make four, but! would not give four farthings to demonstrate ever so clearly; and if these be the profits of life,...who inspires me with any ambition of being like him. Surely it was of this place, now Cambridge, but formerly known by the name of Babylon, that the prophet... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 320 էջ
...Must I pore upon mathematics? Alas! I cannot see in too much light; I am no eagle. It is very possible that two and two make four, but I would not give four...I do not know one of them who inspires me with any amhition of being like him. Surely it was of this place (now Cambridge, but formerly known by the name... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 618 էջ
...much light; I am no eagle. It is very possible that two and two make four, hut I would not give lour farthings to demonstrate this ever so clearly; and...who inspires me with any ambition of being like him. Surely it was of this place, now Cambridge, but formerly known by the name of Babylon, that the prophet... | |
 | 1821 - 394 էջ
...I pore upon mathematics ? Alas! I cannot see in too much light; I am no eagle. It is very possible that two and two make four, but I would not give four...who inspires me with any ambition of being like him. Surely it was of this place, now Cambridge, but formerly known by the name of Babylon, that the prophet... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1820 - 492 էջ
...Must I pore upon mathetics? Alas! I cannot see in too much light; I am no eagle. It is very possible that two and two make four, but I would not give four...who inspires me with any ambition of being like him. Surely it was of this place, now Cambridge, but formerly known by the name of Babylon, that the prophet... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 էջ
...pore upon mathematics ? Alas ! I cannot see in too much light ; I am no eagle. It is very possible that two and two make four, but I would not give four...who inspires me with any ambition of being like him. Surely it was of this place, now Cambridge, but formerly known by the name of Babylon, that the prophet... | |
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