...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...

...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....

...mathematics or metaphysics ; in a letter to his friend are contained the following sentences, " Musi I plunge into metaphysics ? Alas ! I cannot see in...Nature has not furnished me with the optics of a cat. Mast I pore upon mathematics ? Alas ! I cannot see in too much light ; I am no eagle. It is very possible...

...out of a spirit of obstinacy (I think) love them the better for it; and, indeed, what can I do else? Must I plunge into metaphysics? Alas! I cannot see...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,...

...out of a spirit of obstinacy (I think) love them the better for it ; and indeed, what can I do else? Must I plunge into metaphysics? Alas, I cannot see...dark ; nature has not furnished me with the optics ' f of a cat. Must I pore upon mathematics?* Alas, I cannot * The Reader must consider the spirit of...

...intermission, curiously remarking in one of his letters to his friend West, who was at Oxford — " Must I plunge into Metaphysics? Alas! I cannot see in the dark; nature hath not furnished me with the optics of a cat. Must I pore upon Mathematics? Alas! I am no eagle;...

...out of a spirit of obstinacy (I think) love them the better for it; and, indeed, what can I do else? Must I plunge into metaphysics? Alas! I cannot see...furnished me with the optics of a cat. 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...

...of college impertinences to undergo. I have endured lectures daily and hourly since I came last. — Must I plunge into metaphysics ? Alas ! I cannot see...cat. Must I pore upon mathematics? Alas! I cannot be in too much light; I am no eagle. — It is very possible that two and two make four, but I would...

...college impertinences to undergo. I have endured lectures daily and hourly since I came last.—Must I plunge into metaphysics ? Alas! I cannot see in...cat. Must I pore upon mathematics? Alas! I cannot be in too much light; I am no eagle.—It is very possible that two and two make four, but I would...

...out of a spirit of obstinacy (I think) love them the better for it ; and indeed, what can I do else ? Must I plunge into metaphysics ? Alas, I cannot see...very possible that two and two make four, but I would * The reader must consider the spirit of humour in which this letter is written, before he regards...