 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 290 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 - 662 sivua
...that time and tide which wait for no man ; and of sailing without that wind, which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander...magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change in the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, perhaps are only now beginning to be... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 352 sivua
...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 sivua
...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 380 sivua
...that time and tide which wait for no man, and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself.* This potent commander...this abridger of time and space — this magician, xvhose cloudy machinery has produced a change; on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as... | |
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... giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of an 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... 
