 Algebra, given to me by a young woman, who had found it in a lodginghouse. I considered it as a treasure; but it was a treasure locked up; for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equation, and I knew nothing of the matter.  The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis - Page xde Juvenal - 1806 - 473 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Englishmen - 1863 - 912 pages
...by a young woman, who had found it in a lodging-house. I considered it as a treasure, but it was a treasure locked up ; for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equation, and 1 knew nothing of the matter. My master's son had purchased ' Fenning's Introduction :' this was precisely... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1865 - 590 pages
...it was a treasure locked up, for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equations, and I knew nothing of the matter. My master's son...chance alone for stumbling upon his hiding-place. I sat up for the greatest part of several nights successively, and, before he suspected that his treatise... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1865 - 594 pages
...by a young woman, who had found it in a lodging-house. I considered it as a treasure; but it was a treasure locked up, for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equations, and I knew nothing of the matter. My master's son had purchased ' Fenning's Introduction... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 264 pages
...by a young woman, who had found it in a lodging-house. I considered it as a treasure ; but it was a treasure locked up ; for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equations, and I knew nothing of the matter. My master's son had purchased Fenning's Introduction :... | |
 | Horace A. Cleveland - 1869 - 610 pages
...by a young woman, who had found it in a lodging-house. I considered it as a treasure ; but it was a treasure locked up ; for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equations, and I knew nothing of the matter. My master's son had purchased Fenning's Introduction :... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 pages
...by a young woman, who had found it in a lodging-house. I considered it as a treasure ; but it was a treasure locked up ; for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equations, and I knew nothing of the matter. My master's son had purchased Fenning's Introduction :... | |
 | William Chambers - 1873 - 326 pages
...by a young woman who had found it in a lodging-house. I considered it as a treasure ; but it was a treasure locked up ; for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equations, and I knew nothing of the matter. My master's son had purchased Fenning's Introduction;... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1892 - 312 pages
...him by a young woman who had found it in a lodging-house. He considered it a treasure, but it was a treasure locked up, for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equations, of which he knew nothing. His master's son, however, had purchased Fenning's Introduction,... | |
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