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Euclid
fl.
c.
300
bc
fl.
c.
300
bc
1
Quod erat demonstrandum.Which was to be proved.
often abbreviated to QED
A line is length without breadth.
There is no "royal road" to geometry.
Quod erat demonstrandum.Which was to be proved.
often abbreviated to QED
Latin translation from the Greek of
Elementa
bk. 1, proposition 5 and
passim
A line is length without breadth.
Elementa
bk. 1, definition 2
There is no "royal road" to geometry.
addressed to Ptolemy I, in Proclus
Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elementa
prologue, pt. 2
Euripides
c.
485
bc
c.
485
bc
1
My tongue swore, but my mind's unsworn.
Hippolytus lamenting his breaking of an oath
You mention a slave's condition; not to say what one thinks.
My tongue swore, but my mind's unsworn.
Hippolytus lamenting his breaking of an oath
Hippolytus
l. 612
You mention a slave's condition; not to say what one thinks.
The Phoenician Women
l. 392
Evans, Abel
1679–1737
1679–1737
1
Under this stone, Reader, survey
Dead Sir John Vanbrugh's house of clay.
Lie heavy on him, Earth! for he
Laid many heavy loads on thee!
Under this stone, Reader, survey
Dead Sir John Vanbrugh's house of clay.
Lie heavy on him, Earth! for he
Laid many heavy loads on thee!
"Epitaph on Sir John Vanbrugh, Architect of Blenheim Palace"
Ewart, Gavin
1916–95
1916–95
1
So the last date slides into the bracket,
that will appear in all future anthologies—
And in quiet Cornwall and in London's ghastly racket
We are now Betjemanless.
So the last date slides into the bracket,
that will appear in all future anthologies—
And in quiet Cornwall and in London's ghastly racket
We are now Betjemanless.
"In Memoriam, Sir John Betjeman (1906–84)" (1985)
Ewer, William Norman
1885–1976
1885–1976
1
I gave my life for freedom—This I know:
For those who bade me fight had told me so.
How odd
Of God
To choose
The Jews.
I gave my life for freedom—This I know:
For those who bade me fight had told me so.
"Five Souls" (1917)
How odd
Of God
To choose
The Jews.
Week-End Book
(1924).
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