 | George Holmes - 1801 - 238 pagina’s
...taking them off more useful works, have greater knowledge in this way, than some of the better sort in other places ; neither is the genius <of the commonalty confined to this kind of L 4 learning learning alone; for I saw a poor man, near Blacks tones, who had a tolerable notion of... | |
 | Charles Vallencey - 1804 - 546 pagina’s
...knowledge in this way, than fome of the better fort in other Y places. places. Neither is the genins of the commonalty confined to this kind of learning...Black-ftones, . who had a tolerable notion of calculating the EPACTS, GOLDEN NUMBER, DOMINICAL LETTER, the MOON'S PHASES, and even ECLIPSES, although he had... | |
 | Isaac Weld - 1807 - 286 pagina’s
...taking them off more useful work, have greater knowledge in this way than some of the better sort of other places. Neither is the genius of the commonalty confined to this kind of learning alone; for I saw a poor man, near Blackstones, who had a tolerable notion of calculating the epacts, golden numbers,... | |
 | William Henry Poole - 1889 - 704 pagina’s
...taking them off more useful works, have greater knowledge in this way than some of the better sort in other places. Neither is the genius of the commonalty confined to this kind of learning alone ; for I saw a poor man, near Black-stones, who had a tolerable notion of calculating the EPACTS, GOLDEN NUMBER,... | |
 | Cork Historical and Archaeological Society - 1899 - 296 pagina’s
...generally by persons who pick it up as mendicant scholars (' poor scholars ') at some English school. Neither is the genius of the commonalty confined to this kind of learning, for I saw a poor man near Blackstones who had a tolerable notion of calculating cpacts, golden number,... | |
 | Helen Deutsch, Felicity Nussbaum - 2000 - 348 pagina’s
...good latin scholars who did not understand the english tongue; particularly one Peter Kelley. . . . Neither is the genius of the commonalty confined to this kind of learning alone, for I saw a poor man near Black-Stones, who had a tolerable notion of calculating . . . altho he had never... | |
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... places. Neither is the genius of the commonalty confined to this kind of learning alone ; for I saw a poor man, near Black-stones, who had a tolerable notion of calculating the EPACTS, GOLDEN NUMBER, DOMINICAL LETTER, THE MOON'S PHASES, and THE ECLIPSES,... 