reckoner

Example Sentences

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This does not mean that we became skilful reckoners.

From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

And He is the most swift of reckoners.

From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf

On the contrary, their movements as ready reckoners are retarded by it.

From In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education by Hart, John S. (John Seely)

Sad reckoners of the woes which men endure, Sharpening the pangs ye make pretence to cure, Poor comforters! in your attempts I see Nought but the pride which feigns unreal glee!

From The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism by Downton, Henry

But let the wise be warned against too great readiness at explanation: it multiplies the sources of mistake, lengthening the sum for reckoners sure to go wrong.

From Middlemarch by Eliot, George