 | George Lillie Craik - 1830 - 452 pagina’s
...was a treasure locked up ; for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equations, and I knew nothing of the matter. My master's son...— but he carefully concealed it from me, and I was * " Sly indenture, which now lies before me, is dated the 1st of January, 1772." VOL. HI. 34* indebted... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1830 - 452 pagina’s
...: it was a treatise on algebra, given to me by a young woman, who had found it in a lodging-house. I considered it as a treasure ; but it was a treasure...supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equations, and I knew nothing of the matter. My master's son had purchased ' Fenning's Introduction... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1830 - 440 pagina’s
...: it was a treatise on algebra, given to me by a. young woman, who had found it in a lodging-house. I considered it as a treasure ; but it was a treasure...supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equations, and I knew nothing of the matter. My master's son had purchased ' Fenning's Introduction... | |
 | 1830 - 426 pagina’s
...riven to me by a young woman, who had found it na lodging-houae. I considered it as a treasure ; lUt it was a treasure locked up ; for it supposed the reader to lie well acquainted with simple jquations, a-rid I knew nothing of the matter. My master's son had... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1834 - 450 pagina’s
...it was a treatise on algebra, given to me by a young woman, who had found it in a lodging-house. 1 considered it as a treasure ; but it was a treasure...supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equations, and I knew nothing of the matter. My master's son had purchased ' Fenning's Introduction... | |
 | 1832 - 510 pagina’s
...January, 1772,' covered that my master destined his youngest son for the situation to which I aspired. I possessed at this time but one book in the world...supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equations, and I knew nothing of the matter. My master's son had purchased " Fenning's Introduction... | |
 | William Robinson (Baptist Minister.) - 1832 - 200 pagina’s
...had a strong desire to be ac.quainted with Mathematics. " But I possessed at this time," he observes, "but one book in the world : it was a treatise on...treasure locked up ; for it supposed the reader to be acquainted with simple equations, and I knew nothing of the matter. My master's son had purchased Fenning's... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 336 pagina’s
...world ; it was a treatise on algebra, given to me by a young woman who had found it in a lodging-house. I considered it as a treasure ; but it was a treasure...supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equations, and I knew nothing of the matter. My master's son had purchased ' Fenning's Introduction... | |
 | 1834 - 602 pagina’s
...; it was a treatise on algebra, given to me by a young woman, who had found it in a lodging-house. I considered it as a treasure, but it was a treasure locked up ; for it supposed the reader tu be well acquainted with -impie equations, and I knew nothing of the mailer. My master's son had... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 924 pagina’s
...: it was a treatise on algebra, given to me by a young woman, who had found it in a lodging-house. I considered it as a treasure; but it was a treasure...Fenning's Introduction : this was precisely what I wauted ; but he carefully concealed it from me, and I was indebted to chance alone for stumbling upon... | |
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I was indebted to chance alone for stumbling upon his hiding-place. 
