 | Leslie Stephen, Frederic William Maitland - Philosophers - 1904 - 280 pages
...impossible ' " (he would now and then swear by way of emphasis, as Aubrey apologetically notes). " So he reads the demonstration of it which referred...referred him back to another, which he also read. B Et sic deinceps that at last lie was demonstratively convinced of that truth. This made him in love... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - English literature - 1911 - 578 pages
...Elements lay open, and it was the 47 prop. lib. I. So he reads the proposition, ' By G— ,' says he, 'this is impossible!' So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to another, which also he read, et sic deinceps, that at last he was demonstratively convinced of that... | |
 | William Ritchie Sorley - Philosophy, English - 1920 - 418 pages
...Elements lay open, and it was the 47 prop. lib. i. So he reads the proposition, 'By G — ,' says he, 'this is impossible! ' So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to another, which also he read, et sic deinceps, that at last he was demonstratively convinced of that... | |
 | 1994 - 412 pages
...Elements lay open, and it was the 47 prop. lib. i. So he reads the proposition, 'By G — ,' says he, ' this is impossible ! ' So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to another, which also he read, et sic deinceps, that at last he was demonstratively convinced of that... | |
 | John Aubrey - Biography & Autobiography - 1982 - 340 pages
...'twas the forty-seventh proposition in the first book. He read the proposition. 'By G £,' said he, 'this is impossible!' So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proof; which referred him back to another, which he also read. And so forth, that at last he was demonstratively... | |
 | Daniel Pedoe - Mathematics - 1983 - 338 pages
...accidentally. Being in a Gentleman's Library, Euclid's Elements lay open, and 'twas the 47 El. libri 1.* He read the Proposition. By G — , sayd he (he would now and then swearc an emphaticall Oath by way of emphasis) this is impossible1. So he reads the Demonstration of... | |
 | Jonathan Bennett - Philosophy - 1984 - 420 pages
...open, and 'twas the 47th Proposition of the first Book. He read the Proposition. By God, said he, . . . this is impossible! So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred back to such a Proposition; which proposition he read. That referred him back to another, which he... | |
 | John Cottingham - Philosophy - 1992 - 460 pages
...Lives: Being in a Gentelman's Library, Euclid's Elements lay open, and 'twas the 47 El. libri I. He read the proposition. By G - , sayd he (he would now and then sweare an emphatical oath by way of emphasis), this is impossible! So he reads the Demonstration of it, which... | |
 | Richard Todd, Douglas C. Wilson - Education - 1992 - 266 pages
...subtending the right angle is equal to the squares described on the sides which contain the right angle]. By G — , sayd he (he would now and then sweare an...proposition he read. That referred him back to another. Et sic deinceps that at last he was demonstratively convinced of that trueth. Should any other reasonable... | |
 | John Roe - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1993 - 324 pages
...Gentleman's Library. Euclid's Elements lay open, and 'twas' the 47 El. iibri I. He read the Proposition. Bv G — . sayd he (he would now and then sweare an emphaticall...reads the Demonstration of it, which referred him back lo such a Proposition; which proposition he read. That referred him back to another, which he also... | |
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twas the 47 El. libri I. He read the Proposition. By G — , sayd he (he would now and then sweare an emphaticall Oath by way of emphasis) this is impossible! So he reads the Demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a Proposition; which proposition... 
