 ... Lord Orford), were, for the most part, as completely out of my reach as a crown and sceptre. There was, indeed, a resource ; but the utmost caution and secrecy were necessary in applying to it. I beat out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and...  The Table Book... - Seite 25von William Hone - 1827 - 870 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1859 - 802 Seiten
...out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrought my problems on them with a blunted awl : for the rest, my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great extent.' He then began to compose poetry, which was the means of his advancement. Afterwards, by the kind offices... | |
 | John McGilchrist - 1860 - 404 Seiten
...out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrought my problems on them with a blunted awl ; for the rest, my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great ex- tent." At last, however, Gifford obtained some alleviation of his extreme poverty. He had scarcely,... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - 1863 - 332 Seiten
...out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrought my problems on them with a blunted awl ; for the rest, my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply...be said of the force of nature, I certainly never 'lisped in numbers.' I recollect the occasion of my first attempt. A person whose name escapes me,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1865 - 594 Seiten
...out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrought my problcms on them with a blunted awl ; for the rest, my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great extent." No situation, it will be admitted, could be more unfavourable for study than this; and yet we see how... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 264 Seiten
...out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrote my problems on them with a blunted awl ; for the rest, my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great extent.' Persevering under these untoward difficulties, he at length obtained some alleviation of his poverty.... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 Seiten
...out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrote my problems on them with a blunted awl ; for the rest, my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great extent.' Persevering under these untoward difficulties, he at length obtained some alleviation of his poverty.... | |
 | Horace A. Cleveland - 1869 - 610 Seiten
...leather as smooth as possible, and wrote my problems on them with a blunted p I awl ; for the i est my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great extent." Persevering under these untoward difficulties, he at length obtained some alleviation of his poverty.... | |
 | William Chambers - 1873 - 326 Seiten
...out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrote my problems on them with a blunted awl ; for the rest, my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great extent.' No situation, it is obvious, could be more unfavourable for study than this ; and yet we see how the... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 Seiten
...out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrought my problems on them with a blunted awl : for ars him roll His moral thunders o'er the subject soul ? .... Hail, He next tried poetry, and some of his 'lamentable doggerel' falling into the hands of Mr Cookesley,... | |
 | William Edward Winks - 1883 - 454 Seiten
...out pieces of leather as smooth as possible and wrought my problems on them with a blunted awl; for the rest my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great extent." Strange to say, although he displayed so much ability and zeal iu the study of mathematics, he was... | |
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