 Sir," said he, •" you have seen but a small part of what the mechanic sciences ctn perform. I have been long of opinion, that instead of the tardy conveyance of ships and chariots, man might use the swifter migration of wings ; that the fields of air...  Works - Seite 297von Samuel Johnson - 1811Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...opinion, that, inftead of the tardy conveyance of (hips and chariots, man might •ufe the fwifter migration of wings ; that the fields of air are open to knowledge 5 and that only ignorance and idlenefs need crawl upon the ground.' This hint rekindled ihe Prince's... | |
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