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... Contributions to the Edinburgh Review: Novels, tales, and prose works of fiction - Page 694by Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846Full view - About this book
| 1823 - 946 pages
...gossamer, and lift 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...benefits which these inventions have conferred upon the country. There is no branch of industry that has not been indebted to them ; and in all the most... | |
| 1842 - 634 pages
...gossamer, and lift 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. Mr. Jeffrey, a countryman of Mr. Watt, has passed a very warm eulogy on his character and efforts.... | |
| 1819 - 490 pages
...of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into ribbons, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds...benefits which these inventions have conferred upon the country. There i» DO branch of industry that has not been indebted to them; and ID all the most... | |
| 1825 - 458 pages
...war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, — cut steel into ribbands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds...benefits which these inventions have conferred upon the country. There is no branch of industry that has not been indebted to them ; and in all the most... | |
| 1819 - 780 pages
...gossamer, and lift 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...benefits which these inventions have conferred upon the country. There is no branch of industry that has not been indebted to them ; and in all the most... | |
| 1819 - 610 pages
...war like n bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, — cut steel into ribbands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds...benefits which these inventions have conferred upon the country. There is no branch of industry that has not been indebted to them ; and in all the most... | |
| 1819 - 708 pages
...gossamer, and lift a ship ofwar like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against...to estimate the value of the benefits which these invention* have conferred upon the country. There is no branch of industry that has not been indebted... | |
| 1819 - 800 pages
...the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vesseU against the fury of the winds and waves. '• It would...benefits which these inventions have conferred upon the country. There is no branch of industry that has not been indebted to them; and in all the most... | |
| 1820 - 450 pages
...gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a baubje in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against...benefits which these inventions have conferred upon the country. There is no Biographical Memoir of Mr. James Watt. 137 branch of industry that has not... | |
| 1820 - 494 pages
...and lift 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...benefits which these inventions have conferred upon the country. There is no branch of industry that has not been indebted to them ; and in all the most... | |
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