 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 290 pages
...summit of the earth—giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite—commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water,...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 348 pages
...Afrite — commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water, in thedesert, affording the means of dispensing with that time and...and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself.* This potent commander of the elements — this abridger of... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 506 pages
...surface of the earth ; giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite; commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water...and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements, — this abridger of... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 552 pages
...of the earth — giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite — commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water...and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself.* This potent commander of the elements — this abridger of... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 358 pages
...great investor of the steam, engine:— 335 the momentum of the Afrite — commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water...and of sailing without that wind, which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements — this abridger of... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 352 pages
...the great inventor of the steam engine:— 335 the momentum of the Afrite — commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water...and of sailing without that wind, which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent com* mander of the elements — this abridger of... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 352 pages
...summit of the 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 the means of dispensing with that time and tide which wait for no man ; and of sailing... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 382 pages
...of the earth — giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite — commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water...and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself.* This potent commander of the elements — this abridger of... | |
 | 1830 - 524 pages
...surface of the earth; given the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite ; commanded manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert ; afforded the means of dispensing with that time and tide which wait for no man, and with its cloudy... | |
 | 1830 - 480 pages
...surface of the earth ; giren the feehle arm of man the momentum of an Afrite; commanded manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert; afforded the means of dispensing with that time and tide which wait for no man, and with its cloudy... | |
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Afrite; commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert; affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which wait for no man; and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of... 
