 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 - Page 40edited by - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 374 pages
...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 pages
...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 - English essays - 1856 - 470 pages
...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 - English essays - 1896 - 362 pages
...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 - English essays - 1896 - 324 pages
...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 - Christian antiquities - 1900 - 886 pages
...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 - Christian antiquities - 1900 - 808 pages
...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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