... which wait for no man, and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements... James Watt - Page 237by Andrew Carnegie - 1905 - 241 pagesFull view - About this book
| Walter Scott - 1820 - 348 pages
...no man, and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself.* This potent commander of the elements — this abridger...magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be... | |
| Walter Scott - 1820 - 348 pages
...this abridger of time and space — this magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as...are perhaps only now beginning to be felt — was * Note by Captain Clutterbuck. Probably the ingenious author alludes to the national adage : The king... | |
| Walter Scott - 1820 - 290 pages
...elements—this abridger of time and space—this magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt—was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator... | |
| William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 506 pages
...for no man, and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements, — this abridger...magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be... | |
| 1821 - 682 pages
...romantic bank« of Clyde, for him, of whom the distinguished " author of Waverley" has observed, that his machinery has produced a change in the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they already are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt, and who was not only the most profound man... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 552 pages
...no man, and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself.* This potent commander of the elements — this abridger of time and space — this magician, whose * Note by Captain Clutterbuek. Probably the ingenious author alludes to the national adage : The king... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 662 pages
...no man ; and of sailing without that wind, which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements — this abridger...world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, perhaps are only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most refined man of science, the most successful... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 358 pages
...and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements — this abridger of time aud space — this magician, whose cloudy machinery has...world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, perhaps are only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most refined man of science, the most successful... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 352 pages
...of Xerxes himself. This potent com* mander of the elements — this abridger of time and ipace — this magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced...world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, perhaps are only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most refined man of science, the most successful... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 352 pages
...commander of the elements—this abridger of time and space — this magician, whose cloudy machinery hai produced a change in the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, perhaps are only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most refined man of science, the most successful... | |
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