 fishes have the water, in which yet beasts can swim by nature, and men by art. He that can swim needs not despair to fly: to swim is to fly in a grosser fluid, and to fly is to swim in a subtler. We are only to proportion our power of resistance to the...  History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia - Page 16by Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 179 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...has his element assigned him; the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth." " So," replied the mechanist, "fishes have the water, in which yet...only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to pass. Yovj will be necessarily upborne by the air,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
...has his element assigned him; the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth." " So," replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in which yet...only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to -pass. You will be necessarily upborn by the air,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 pages
...has his element assigned him ; the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth." f So," replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in which yet beasts can swim by nature, and man by art. He I hat can swim needs not despair to fly : to swim is to fly in a grosser fluid, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 458 pages
...has his element assigned him ; the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth." " So, replied the mechanist, fishes have the water, in which yet...only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to pass. You will be necessarily upborn by the air,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 pages
...has his element assigned him ; the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth." " So, replied the mechanist, fishes have the water, in which yet...can swim by nature, and men by art. He that can swim need not despair to fly : N» Swim is to fly in a grosser fluid, and to fly is to swim in a subtler.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...and man and beasts the earth." " So," replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in whiclvyet beasts can swim by nature, and men by art. He that...only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to pass. You will be necessarily upborne by the air,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...beasts the earth." " So," replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in which yet beasts can switn by nature, and men by art. He that can swim needs...only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to pass. You will be necessarily upborne by the air,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 pages
...has his element assigned him; the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth." " So," replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in which yet...can swim by nature, and men by art. He that can swim need not despair to fly : to swim is to fly in a grosser fluid, and to fly is to swim in a subtler,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 250 pages
...has his element assigned him ; the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth." " So," replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in which yet...only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to pass. You will be necessarily upborne by the air,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 pages
...has his element assigned him ;' the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth." " So, replied the mechanist, fishes have the water, in which yet...is to swim in a subtler. We are only to proportion empower of resistance to the different density of mater through which we are to pass. You will be necessarily... | |
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