| William Hone - 1841 - Počet stránok 894
...want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine : I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &c., and what was of more importance, with books of geometry,...which I cautiously concealed. Poetry, even at this tune, was no amusement of mine : it was subservient to other purposes ; and I only had recourse to... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1845 - Počet stránok 778
...want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine : I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &c., and, what was of more importance, with books of geometry...I wanted money for my mathematical pursuits." But even this resource was soon taken from him. His master, having heard of his verse-making, was so incensed... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - Počet stránok 934
...want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine. I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &c. and, what was of more importance, with books of geometry,...when I wanted money for my mathematical pursuits." Gilford's master having capriciously put a stop to these literary recreations, and taken away all his... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1847 - Počet stránok 384
...of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine ; I furnished myself, by degrees, with paper, &c., and, what was of more importance, with books of geometry,...when I wanted money, for my mathematical pursuits." it as himself. "I look back," he proceeds, "on that part of my life, which immediately followed this... | |
| Joseph Sparkes Hall - 1847 - Počet stránok 236
...want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine. I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &c., and what was of more importance, with books of geometry,...when I wanted money for my mathematical pursuits." Gilford's master having capriciously put a stop to these literary recreations, and taken away all his... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - Počet stránok 614
...want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine : I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &c., and, what was of more importance, with books of geometry,...it was subservient to other purposes ; and I only bad recourse to it when I wanted money for my mathematical pursuits. But the clouds were gathering... | |
| 1849 - Počet stránok 366
...of money, snch a resource seemed a Peruvian mine. I furnished myself, by degrees, with paper, &c., and what was of more importance, with books of geometry...branches of algebra, which I cautiously concealed." His master soon heard of his verse-makins, and was enraged at the idleness and uselessness of such... | |
| Half hours - 1856 - Počet stránok 650
...want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine : I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &e., and, what was of more importance, with books of geometry,...algebra, which I cautiously concealed. Poetry, even *his time, was no amusement of mine : it was subservient to other purposes ; and I only had recourse... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1858 - Počet stránok 300
...want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine : I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &c., and, what was of more importance, with books of geometry...even at this time, was no amusement of mine : it was sub- • servient to other purposes ; and I had only recourse M it when I wanted money for my mathematical... | |
| Charles C. B. Seymour - 1858 - Počet stránok 1454
...resource seemed little less than a Peruvian mine. He furnished himself by degrees with paper, etc., and, what was of more importance, with books of geometry and of the higher branches of algebra, cautiously concealing the latter, lest they should excite the indignation of his employer. The necessity... | |
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