 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 different density of matter through which we are to pass.  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Page 318by Samuel Johnson - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...earth." " So," replied the mechanist, "fishes have the water, in which yet beasts can swim by nature, and men by art. He that can swim needs not despair to...is to swim in a subtler. We are only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to pass. Yovj will... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
..." So," replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in which yet beasts can swim by nature, and men by art. He that can swim needs not despair to...is to swim in a subtler. We are only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to -pass. You will... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 pages
...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...is to swim in a subtler. We are only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to pass. You will be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 pages
...which yet beasts 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. We are only to proportion our power of resistance to "the different density of matter through which we are to pass. You will... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
..." So," replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in whiclvyet beasts can swim by nature, and men by art. He that can swim needs not despair to...is to swim in a subtler. We are only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to pass. You will be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
..." 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 not despair to...is to swim in a subtler. We are only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to pass. You will be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 pages
...fishes have the water, in which yet beasts 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...is to swim in a subtler, We are only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to pass. You will be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1815 - 272 pages
..."So," replied ihe mechanist, '•' fishes have the water, iu which yet beasts can swim by nature, and men by art. He that can swim needs not despair to fly : lo swim is to fly in. a grosser llilid, :v,';d to fly is to swim in a subtler. We are only to proportion,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 250 pages
..." So," replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in which yet beasts can swim by nature, and men by art. He that can swim needs not despair to...is to swim in a subtler. We are only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to pass. You will be... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1817 - 194 pages
..." So," replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in which yet beasts can swim by nature, and men by art. He that can swim needs not despair to...grosser fluid, and to fly is to swim in a subtler. Wo are only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which... | |
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