 | William Whewell - 1837 - 1048 sider
...gratiam, Domini auditores, promissum ; liberavi fidem meam ; explicavi pro meo modulo, definitiones, " By the grace of God, gentlemen hearers, I have performed...commentator ; for undoubtedly, in many instances, a comment on a received author has been made the vehicle of conveying systems and doctrines entirely... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - 782 sider
...sentences which form the conclusion of a lecture — one of a course upon Euclid, delivered at Oxford: ' Gentlemen hearers, I have performed my promise, I...sinking under the weight of years, I lay down my art and instruments.' As if all that could be known were attained, and that the occupation of the student were... | |
 | William Whewell - 1858 - 622 sider
...language of Sir Henry Savile, in concluding a course of lectures on Euclid, delivered at Oxford/ " By the grace of God, gentlemen hearers, I have performed...Platonists wrote, taking Plato for their text The labors of learned men in the stationary period, which came under this description, belong to another... | |
 | William Whewell - 1858 - 582 sider
...pledge. I have explained, according to my ability, the definitions, postulates, axioms, and first sight propositions of the Elements of Euclid. Here, sinking under the weight of years, I lay down iny art and my instruments." We here speak of the peculiar province of the Commentator; for undoubtedly,... | |
 | Florian Cajori - 1896 - 336 sider
...my pledge. I have explained, according to my ability, the definitions, postulates, axioms, and the first eight propositions of the Elements of Euclid....weight of years, I lay down my art and my instruments." 2 It must be remembered that at this time scholastic learning and polemical divinity held sway. Savile... | |
 | 1913 - 914 sider
...my pledge. I have explained, according to my ability, the definitions, postulates, axioms, and the first eight propositions of the Elements of Euclid....under the weight of years, I lay down my art and my instruments."12 It is interesting to speculate on the thoughts which would likely pass through the... | |
 | 1908 - 874 sider
...redeemed my pledge. I have explained, according to my ability, the definitions, postulates, axioms and the first eight propositions of the Elements of Euclid....under the weight of years, I lay down my art and my instruments."8 Need we marvel if sinking under the weight of logical and philological subtleties, the... | |
 | Albion W. Small, Ellsworth Faris, Ernest Watson Burgess, Herbert Blumer - 1907 - 902 sider
...my pledge. I have explained, according to my ability, the definitions, postulates, axioms, and the first eight propositions of the Elements of Euclid....weight of years, I lay down my art and my instruments.* From the standpoint of modern mathematics, Sir Henry Savile and the Bushman are both woefully backward;... | |
 | William Isaac Thomas - 1907 - 346 sider
...my pledge. I have explained, according to my ability, the definitions, postulates, axioms, and the first eight propositions of the Elements of Euclid....under the weight of years, I lay down my art and my instruments.1 From the standpoint of modern mathematics, Sir Henry Savile and the Bushman are both... | |
 | Francis Rolt-Wheeler - 1909 - 376 sider
...redeemed my pledge. I have explained, according to my ability, the definitions, postulates, axioms and the first eight propositions of the Elements of Euclid....weight of years, I lay down my art and my instruments." (Cajori.) Savile says: "In the beautiful structure of geometry there are two blemishes, two defects;... | |
| |
By the grace of God, gentlemen hearers, I have performed my promise ; I have redeemed my pledge. I have explained, according to my ability, the definitions, postulates, axioms, and first eight propositions of the Elements of Euclid. Here, sinking under... 
