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Page 214 - That they are not a pipe for Fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart s core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Page 5 - ... magnitudes, as the first is to the last of the others : ' Of this there are the two following kinds, which arise from the different order in which the magnitudes are taken, two and two.
Page 5 - XIX. Ex aequali, from equality. This term is used simply by itself, when the first magnitude is to the second of the first rank, as the first to the second of the other rank ; and as the second is to the third of the first rank, so is the second to the third of the other ; and so on in order : and the inference is as mentioned in the preceding definition ; whence this is called ordinate proportion. It is demonstrated in Prop.
Page 42 - Network: anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances with interstices between the intersections.
Page 5 - This term is used when the first magnitude is to the second of the first rank, as the last but one is to the last of the second rank ; and as the second is to the third of the first rank, so is the last but two to the last but one of the second rank ; and as the third is to the fourth of the first rank, so is the third from the last to the last but two of the second rank ; and so on in a cross order: and the inference is as in the 18th definition.
Page 199 - And from Shakespeare she gained a great store of information amongst the rest, that -'Trifles light as air, Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, As proofs of Holy Writ.