• That is, a triangle, one side of which shall be the diameter of the circle. ↩
  • If thou notest, in a word, that Solomon did not ask for wisdom in astrology, nor in dialects, nor in metaphysics, nor in geometry. ↩
  • The peerless seeing is a reference to Canto X 114:⁠— “To see so much there never rose a second.” It will be observed that the word “rose” is the Biblical word in the phrase “neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee,” as given in note 93. ↩
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