 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 sivua
...seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in...embroider muslin and forge anchors — cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves. It would be difficult to... | |
 | W. O. Blake - 1856 - 1016 sivua
...crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it ; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer; and lift a ship of war, like a bauble, in...embroider muslin, and forge anchors ; cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and the waves.' JOHN HOWARD. JOHN HOWAKD,... | |
 | William O. Blake - 1856 - 1124 sivua
...of obdurate •etal like wax before it ; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as nssamer ; and lift a ship of war, like a bauble, in the air....embroider muslin, and forge anchors ; cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded veaaels against the fury of the winds and the waves.' JOHN HOWARD. JOHN HOWARD,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1856 - 502 sivua
...of obdurate metal before it; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift up a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin, and forge anchors ; cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves." ' Explain 767. Fig. 109... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1856 - 472 sivua
...of obdurate metal before it; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift up a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin, and forge anchors ; cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves." Explain 767. Fig. 109 represents... | |
 | Sir William Fairbairn - 1856 - 450 sivua
...crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it ; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider, and forge anchors, cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and... | |
 | Sir William Fairbairn - 1856 - 374 sivua
...crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider, and forge anchors, cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the vnnds and... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 sivua
...seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it, draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in...embroider muslin and forge anchors — cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves. It would be difficult to... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1857 - 292 sivua
...of obdurate metal before itj draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as a gossamer, and lift up a ship of war, like a bauble, in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves. " It would be difficult... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1857 - 464 sivua
...obdurate metal before it, — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift up a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, — cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves."* Examples. 1. Behold my... | |
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It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax, before it, — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin, and forge anchors, — cut steel into... 
