 I venture to prognosticate will not attend the erroneous calculation of the present system. The day I mean is the first of April. The oldest tradition affirms that such an infatuation attends the first day of that month, as no foresight can escape, no...  The British Essayists: World - Страница 40под редакцията на - 1823Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 374 страници
...of circumstances, and which I venture to prognosticate will not attend the erroneous calcula-> tioa of the present system. The day I mean is the first...experienced matrons have married very disappointing yon«g. fellowa; mathematicians have missed tl>e jonghmle ; alchymists the philosopher's stone ; and... | |
 | John Brand - 1849 - 574 страници
...First of April. " The oldest tradition affirms that such an infatuation attends the first day of April as no foresight can escape, no vigilance can defeat....bad security : experienced matrons have married very disappointed young fellows : mathematicians have missed the longitude : alchymists the philosopher's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1856 - 470 страници
...when the Glastonbury thorn, which certainly must know times and seasons better than an almanac-maker, declares it to be heresy. Nor is Christmas-day the...fellows ; mathematicians have missed the longitude ; alchemists, the philosopher's stone ; and politicians preferment, on that day. What confusion will... | |
 | J. H. Lobban - 1896 - 362 страници
...Christmas-day when the Glastonbury thorn, which certainly must know times and seasons better than an almanac maker, declares it to be heresy. Nor is Christmas-day...fellows; mathematicians have missed the longitude; alchemists the philosopher's stone; and politicians preferment, on that day. What confusion will not... | |
 | J. H. Lobban - 1896 - 324 страници
...Christmas-day when the Glastonbury thorn, which certainly must know times and seasons better than an almanac maker, declares it to be heresy. Nor is Christmas-day...fellows; mathematicians have missed the longitude; alchemists the philosopher's stone; and politicians preferment, on that day. What confusion will not... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 886 страници
...of April : " The oldest tradition affirms that such an infatuation attends the first day of April, as no foresight can escape, no vigilance can defeat....fellows : mathematicians have missed the longitude : alchemists the philosopher's stone : and politicians preferment on that day." — Our pleasant writer... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 808 страници
...1st of April : "The oldest tradition affirms that such an infatuation attends the first day of April, as no foresight can escape, no vigilance can defeat....and sucklings. Grave citizens have been bit upon it : u rers have lent their money on bad security : experienced matrons have married very disappointing... | |
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