 | George Emery Littlefield - 1904 - 376 pagina’s
...in order to learn everything else that one wishes ? ' The Duke's curiosity redoubled ; he sat down on a bank and requested a detail of the whole process...that the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations. I inquired what might be the meaning and the use of these things, and I... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1909 - 374 pagina’s
...instructions he received amounted to no more than being taught to read by a servant of the duke's. 'I first learned to read,' said Stone. 'The masons were then at work upon your house. I went near them one day and I saw that the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations.... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1909 - 372 pagina’s
...instructions he received amounted to no more than being taught to read by a servant of the duke's. 'I first learned to read,' said Stone. 'The masons were then at work upon your house. I went near them one day and I saw that the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations.... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1909 - 370 pagina’s
...instructions he received amounted to no more than being taught to read by a servant of the duke's. 'I first learned to read,' said Stone. 'The masons were then at work upon your house. I went near them one day and I saw that the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations.... | |
 | 1911 - 592 pagina’s
...to how he acquired his education : I first learned to read ; the masons were at work at your home. I approached them one day and observed that the architect used a rule and compass, and I was informed that there was a science called arithmetic. I purchased a book and I learned... | |
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I first learned to read,' said Stone ; ' the masons were then at work upon your house. I approached them one day, and observed that the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations. I inquired what might be the meaning and use of... 
