 Amidst this company stood Mr. Watt, the man whose genius discovered the means of multiplying our national resources to a degree perhaps even beyond his own stupendous powers of calculation and combination ; bringing the treasures of the abyss to the summit...  Epoch Men, and the Results of Their Lives - Page 266by Samuel Neil - 1865 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 290 pages
...exhibit their unparalleled feats to private family-parties, if required." Amidst this company stocjd Mr. Watt, the man whose genius discovered the means of...bringing the treasures of the abyss to the summit of the earth—giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite—commanding manufactures to arise,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 348 pages
...exhibit their unparalleled feats to private family -parties, if required." Amidst this company stood Mr Watt, the man whose genius discovered the means of...resources to a degree perhaps even beyond his own stupendouspowers of calculation and combination; bringing the treasures of the abyss to the summit... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 506 pages
...me at once to cancel all that I had collected upon the subject. " He was a man," says that writer, " whose genius discovered the means of multiplying our...combination ; bringing the treasures of the abyss to the surface of the earth ; giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite; commanding manufactures... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 352 pages
...following character of the great inventor of the steam engine:— " ' Amidst this company stood Mr. Watt, the man whose genius discovered the means of...earth. Giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of the Afrite — commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert—affording... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1827 - 356 pages
...following character of the great inventor of the steam engine:— " ' Amidst this company stood Mr. Watt, the man whose genius discovered the means of...earth. Giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of the Afrite — commanding - manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 382 pages
...exhibit their unparalleled feats to private familyparties, if required." Amidst this company stood Mr Watt, the man whose genius discovered the means of...bringing the treasures of the abyss to the summit of the earth—giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite —commanding manufactures to arise,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 852 pages
...reaourcea to a degree perhaps even beyond hi* own stupendous ^owera of calculation MH! t-jwnbinnuon ; bringing the treasures of the abyss to the summit...— giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Af rite— commanding manufacture*! to arise, ai the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert,... | |
 | Edmund Bellchambers - 1835 - 426 pages
...of the author of Waverley, his " genius discovered the means of multiplying our natural resources in a degree, perhaps, even beyond his own stupendous...treasures of the abyss to the summit of the earth ; giving tbe feeble arm of man the momratum of an Afrite; commanding tufactures to arise, as the rod of the... | |
 | 1836 - 746 pages
...whose genius discovered the means of multiplying our national resources, to a degree even beyond h is own stupendous powers of calculation and combination ; bringing the treasures of the abyss to the surface of the earth ; giving the feeble arm of roan the momentum of an Afrite; commanding manufactures... | |
 | 1836 - 748 pages
...me at once to cancel all that I had collected upon the subject. " He was a man," says that writer, " whose genius discovered the means of multiplying our national resources, to a degree even beyond h is own stupendous powers of calculation and combination ; bringing the treasures of the... | |
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