 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
 | Sir George Greenhill - 1912 - 121 Seiten
...the master " you have seen but a small part of what the mechanic arts can perform. I have long been of opinion that instead of the tardy conveyance of...knowledge, and that only ignorance and idleness need crawl on the ground." " The labour of rising from the ground will be great " said the artist " as we see... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - 1917 - 512 Seiten
...higher honors. "Sir," said he, "you have seen but a small part of 25 what the mechanic sciences can perform. I have been long of opinion, that instead...ignorance and idleness need crawl upon the ground." 30 This hint rekindled the prince's desire of passing the mountains; having seen what the mechanist... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1886 - 11 Seiten
...yet higher honors. " Sir," said he, "you have seen but a small part of what the mechanic sciences can perform. I have been long of opinion, that instead of the tardy conveyance of ships and chariots, man'j might use the swifter migration of wings ; that the fields ' of air are open to knowledge, and... | |
 | 1907
...yet higher honor. "Sir," said he, "you have seen but a small part of what the mechanic sciences can perform. I have been long of opinion, that instead...chariots, man might use the swifter migration of wings; and the fields of air are open to knowledge, and that only ignorance and idleness need crawl upon the... | |
 | André Gide - 2000 - 368 Seiten
...the indifference of people than from my fall. I read with amusement in Johnson's Rasselas ( 1759 ) : "I have been long of opinion, that, instead of the...ignorance and idleness need crawl upon the ground"; and a little further: "If men were all virtuous I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly.... | |
 | 1957
...BriUIn) I '•'•". 'Sir,' said he, 'you have seen but a small part of what the mechanic science* can perform. I have been long of opinion that, instead...ignorance and idleness need crawl upon the ground.' — Rasselas, Samuel Johnson, 1759 HISTORY has amply recorded Hannibal's blazing enthusiasm for his... | |
 | 1759
...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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