 I am afraid," said he to the artist, " that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather what you wish than what you know. Every animal has his element assigned him ; the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth.  Airs of Palestine: A Poem - Side 18av John Pierpont - 1817 - 58 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 sider
...artist, "that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather what you wish than what you know. Every animal has his element assigned...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 sider
...artist, "that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather what you wish, than what you know. Every animal has his element assigned...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 sider
...artist, " that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that yon now tell me rather what you wish than what you know. Every animal has his element assigned...birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth." f So," replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in which yet beasts can swim by nature, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 sider
...artist, that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather what you wish, than what you know. Every animal has his element assigned...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.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 sider
...artist, " that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you. now tell me rather what you wish^ than what you know. Every animal has his element assigned...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 fluid, and to fly is to swim in a subtler,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 sider
...artist, " that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather what you wish, than what you know. Every animal has his element assigned...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 fly : to swim is to fly in a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 sider
...artist, " that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather wh&t you wish, than what you know. Every animal has his element assigned...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 fly : to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1815 - 272 sider
...artist, " lhat your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather what you wish, than what you know. Every animal has his element assigned...air, and man and beasts the earth." "So," replied ihe mechanist, '•' fishes have the water, iu which yet beasts can swim by nature, and men by art.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 250 sider
...artist, " that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather what you wish than what you know. Every animal has his element assigned...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 sider
...artist, that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather what you wish, than what you know. Every animal has his element assigned...grosser fluid, and to fly is to swim in a subtler. We are only to proportion empower of resistance to the different density of mater through which we... | |
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