 ... beyond his own stupendous powers of calculation and combination; 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, as the rod of the prophet produced...  Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tractsавторы: Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1871Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | François Arago - 1859 - Страниц: 508
...commanding manufactures to rise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert ; affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which...Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements, the abridger * We have thought it better to give the whole passage from Sir Walter Scott, than to reproduce... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - Страниц: 374
...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...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... | |
 | Samuel Lucas - 1860 - Страниц: 368
...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...defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potejit commander of the elements — this abridger of time and space — this magician, whose cloudy... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1864 - Страниц: 332
...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...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... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - Страниц: 800
...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...defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. [Probably the ingenious author alludes to the national adage — " The king said sail, But the wind... | |
 | Samuel Neil - 1865 - Страниц: 344
...commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced waters in the desert ; affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which...which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes."— Sir Walter Scott. THE UTILISATION OF STEAM. TEAM was, for long ages, one of the waste products of nature.... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1871 - Страниц: 530
...felt by them as an endearing mark of his kindness and familiarity, and prized accordingly far beyond all the solemn compliments that ever proceeded from...tide which wait for no man — and of sailing without thaf wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1872 - Страниц: 636
...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...threats of Xerxes himself.* This potent commander of the element*-- idis abridger of time and space — this magician whos», cloudy machinery has produced... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, selections]) - 1872 - Страниц: 266
...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...defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. A Comparison. The little brook, now confined betwixt closer limits, now left at large to choose its... | |
 | Thomas Haughton (schoolmaster.) - 1875 - Страниц: 88
...commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced waters in the desert; affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which...which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes." (Sir Walter Scott.} constructed the Grand Trunk* Canal, which connected the Mersey 'consequently Liverpool)... | |
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