 | James Gregory - 1819 - 454 lapas
...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 strike, by Algebra." Now, though I mean not to affirm, that you have attained the same high eminence with this... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 416 lapas
...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. Beside he was a shrewd philosopher, And had read ev'ry text and gloss over; Whate'er the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 lapas
...scale, Could take the size of pots of ale; Resolve by sines and tangents straight If bread or butter / by algebra. Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher, And had read ev'ry text and gloss over ; Whate'er... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 342 lapas
...scale, Could lake the size of puts of ale ; Resolve by signs and tangents straight, If bread or bulter wanted weight ; And wisely tell what 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 338 lapas
...scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve by signs and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight ; And wisely tell what 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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 lapas
...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 does strike, by algebra. * * * * For his religion, it was fit* To match his learning and his wit : 'Twas presbyterian... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 416 lapas
...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 does strike, by algebra. For his religion, it was fit 5 To match his learning and his wit : 'T was presbyterian... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 lapas
...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 does strike, by algebra. » * * * For his religion, it was fit5 To match his learning and his wit : 'Twas presbyterian... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 lapas
...scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve by sines and tangents, straight, If bread and butter wanted weight ; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The clock does strike, by algebra. Beside, he was a shrew'd philosopher, And had read ev'ry text and gloss over ; Whate'er... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 lapas
...scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve by signs and tangents straight, If bread and butter wanted weight, And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The clock does strike by algebra. Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher, And had read every text and gloss over ; Whate'er... | |
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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... 
