 | William Hurd - 1799 - 952 páginas
...blockhead, when one of the fathers took it into his head, to make an essay of his parts in geometry, which hit his genius so luckily, that he afterwards became one of the greatest mathematicians of the age. Many authors have written of the intrigues and politics of the Jesuits ; but nothing so fully discovers... | |
 | 1803 - 372 páginas
...upon ' the point of being dismissed as an hopeless block' head, until one of the fathers took it in his head to ' make an essay of his parts in geometry,...became one of the greatest mathematicians of the 'age It is commonly thought that the sagacity of ' these fathers, in discovering the talent of a younj '... | |
 | 1805 - 420 páginas
...been tried at several parts of learning in a College of *c Jesuits, he was upon the point of being dismissed, as a " hopeless blockhead, till one of...seems, hit his genius so luckily, that he afterwards be-. ** came one of the greatest mathematicians of the age." But why need I use these arguments with... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 302 páginas
...at several parts of learning, was. upon the point of being dismissed as an hopeless blockhead, until one of the fathers took it into his head to make an...became one of the greatest mathematicians of the age. It is commonly thought that the sagacity of these fathers, in discovering the talent of a young student,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 304 páginas
...fathers took it into his head to make an essay of his parts in geometry, which, it seems, hit his genins so luckily, that he afterwards became one of the greatest mathematicians of the age. It is commonly thought that the sagacity of these fathers, in discovering the talent of a young student,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 348 páginas
...and after having been tried at several parts of learning, was upon the point of being dismissed as an hopeless blockhead» till one of the fathers took...became one of the greatest mathematicians of the age. It is commonly thought that the sagacity of these fathers in discovering the talent of a young student... | |
 | John Lambert - 1810 - 542 páginas
...was upon the point of being dismissed as an hopeless blockhead, until one of £he fathers took it in his head to make an essay of his parts in geometry,...became one of the greatest mathematicians of the age. It is commonly thought that the sagacity of the fathers in discovering the talent of a young student,... | |
 | John Lambert - 1814 - 624 páginas
...was upon the point of being dismissed as a hopeless blockhead, until one of the fathers took it in his head to make an essay of his parts in geometry,...became one of the greatest mathematicians of the age. It is commonly thought that the sagacity of the fathers in discovering the talent of a young student,... | |
 | G. Hamonière - 1819 - 388 páginas
...at several parts of learning, was upon the point of being dismissed as an hopeless blockhead, until one of the fathers took it into his head to make an...became one of the greatest mathematicians of the age. It is commonly thought that the sagacity of these fathers, in discovering the talent of a young student,... | |
 | 1819 - 308 páginas
...at several parts of learning, was upon the point of being dismissed as an hopeless blockhead, until one of the fathers took it into his head to make an...became one of the greatest mathematicians of the age. It is commonly thought that the sagacity of these fathers, in discovering the talent of a young student,_... | |
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... one of the fathers took it into his head to make an essay of his parts in geometry, which, it seems, hit his genius so luckily, that he afterwards became one of the greatest mathematicians of the age. 
