 | Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1788 - 444 Seiten
...computation, and nothing is oftener applicable to real bufinefs or fpeculative enquiries. A thoufand ftories which the ignorant tell, and believe, die away at once, when the computift takes them in his gripe. I hope you will cultivate in yourfelf a difpofition to numerical... | |
 | 1803 - 268 Seiten
...think, my sweet, that you have arithmetic enough ; when you have exhausted your master, buy books. Nothing amuses more harmlessly than computation, and...disposition to numerical inquiries ; they will give you B 2 entertainment entertainment in solitude, by the practice; and reputation in public, by the effect.... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 Seiten
...think, my sweet, that you have arithmetic enough ; wnfin you have exhausted your master, buy books. Nothing amuses more harmlessly than computation, and...disposition to numerical inquiries; they will give yon entertainment in solitude by the practice, and reputation in public by the effect. if you can borrow... | |
 | William Russell (writing master.) - 1826 - 128 Seiten
...more harmlessly," says he, "than computation; and nothing is more applicable to real business, and to speculative inquiries. A thousand stories which the...once, when the computist takes them in his gripe. Numerical enquiries, my dearest girl, will give you entertainment in solitude by the practice, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 Seiten
...hyperbolical praise only corrupts the tongue of the one, and the ear of the other. 174. Computation. Nothing amuses more harmlessly than computation, and...once, when the computist takes them in his gripe. Cultivate in yourself a disposition to numerical inquiries : they will give you entertainment in solitude... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 Seiten
...hyperbolical praise only corrupts the tongue of the one, and the ear of the other. 174. Computation. Nothing amuses more harmlessly than computation, and...once, when the computist takes them in his gripe. Cultivate in yourself a disposition to numerical inquiries : they will give you entertainment in solitude... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 Seiten
...hyperbolical praise only corrupts the tongue of the one, and the ear of the other. 174. Computation. Nothing amuses more harmlessly than computation, and...at once when the computist takes them in his gripe. Cultivate in yourself a disposition to numerical inquiries: they will give you entertainment in solitude... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 Seiten
...hyperbolical praise only corrupts the tongue of the one, and the ear of the other. 174. Computation. Nothing amuses more harmlessly than computation, and...at once when the computist takes them in his gripe. Cultivate in yourself a disposition to numerical inquiries: they will give you entertainment in solitude... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 360 Seiten
...harmlessly than computation, and nothing is oftener applicable to real business or speculative enquiries. A thousand stories which the ignorant tell and believe...once, when the computist takes them in his gripe. Piozzi Letters, ii. 296. 55 Condescension : THERE is nothing more likely to betray a man into absurdity... | |
 | James Boswell - 1891 - 548 Seiten
...think, my sweet, that you have arithmetick enough ; when you have exhausted your master, buy books. ... A thousand stories which the ignorant tell and believe...once when the computist takes them in his gripe.' 1'iozzi Letters, ii. 296. See post, April 1 8, 1783. ' See ante, iv. 135; also iii. 352, where he bore... | |
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A thousand stories which the ignorant tell, and believe, die away at once, when the computist takes them in his gripe. 
