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... Biography & criticism - Seite 44von Samuel Lucas - 1860Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Walter Scott - 1820 - 290 Seiten
...their unparalleled feats to private family-parties, if required." Amidst this company stocjd Mr. Watt, the man whose genius discovered the means of multiplying...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 Seiten
...their unparalleled feats to private family -parties, if required." Amidst this company stood Mr Watt, the man whose genius discovered the means of multiplying...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...following character of the great inventor of the steam engine:— " ' Amidst this company stood Mr. Watt, the man whose genius discovered the means of multiplying...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 Seiten
...following character of the great inventor of the steam engine:— " ' Amidst this company stood Mr. Watt, the man whose genius discovered the means of multiplying...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 Seiten
...their unparalleled feats to private familyparties, if required." Amidst this company stood Mr Watt, the man whose genius discovered the means of multiplying...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,... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1833 - 502 Seiten
...to meet with him, whether in body or spirit, it matters not. * * Amidst this company stood Mr. Watt, the man whose genius discovered the means of multiplying...momentum of an Afrite — commanding manufactures to rise as the rod of the Prophet produced water in the desert — affording the means of dispensing with... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 852 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
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