 | Graduated series - 1859 - 462 ページ
...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,...branches of algebra, which I cautiously concealed. ..Versifying, even at this time, was no amusement of mine : it was subservient to other purposes ;... | |
 | John McGilchrist - 1860 - 404 ページ
...of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine. I furnished myself, by degrees, with paper, lfec., 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... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - 1863 - 332 ページ
...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...branches of algebra, which I cautiously concealed. Poetry was even at this time no amusement of mine, and I had only recourse to it when I wanted money for my... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1865 - 594 ページ
...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 - 1869 - 526 ページ
...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.' Gifford's master having capriciously put a stop to these literary recreations, and taken away all his... | |
 | Horace A. Cleveland - 1869 - 610 ページ
...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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 264 ページ
...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.' Gifford's master having capriciously put a stop to these literary recreations, and taken away all his... | |
 | William Chambers - 1873 - 326 ページ
...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.' Disappointed in not being allowed to compete for the situation of village schoolmaster, Gifford kept... | |
 | William Edward Winks - 1883 - 454 ページ
...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...Poetry even at this time was no amusement of mine. I only had recourse to it when I wanted money for my mathematical pursuits. But the clouds were gathering... | |
 | Jonathan Rose - 2001 - 548 ページ
...he reinvested in paper and mathematical texts: "Poetry, even at this time, was no amusement ofmine: it was subservient to other purposes; and I only had...when I wanted money for my mathematical pursuits." His master could not have been more antagonized if Gifford had set up a rival shop across the street.... | |
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Sec. and what was of more importance, with books of geometry, and of the higher branches of algebra, which I cautiously concealed. Poetry, even at this time, was no amusement of mine: it was subservient to other purposes ; and I only had recourse to it,... 
