Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat, melted into a metalline form, rugged with excrescences, and clouded with impurities, would have imagined, that in this shapeless lump lay concealed so many conveniences of life,... Select British Classics - Page 601803Full view - About this book
| 1806 - 348 pages
...beginnings the most useful productions of art have probably arisen. Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat, melted into...that in this shapeless lump lay concealed so many conveniencies of life, as would in time constitute a great part of the happiness of the world ? Yet... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 pages
...beginnings the most useful productions of art have probably arisen. Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat, melted into...that in this shapeless lump lay concealed so many conveniencies of life, as would in time constitute a great part of the happiness of the world ? Yet... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 372 pages
...beginnings the most useful productions of art have probably arisen. Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat melted into...impurities, would have imagined, that in this shapeless lump laj concealed so many conveniences of life, as would in time constitute a great part of the happiness... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 352 pages
...have probablv arisen. Who, when he saw the first VOL. I. " E sand or ashes, by a casual intcnseness of heat melted into a metalline form, rugged with...that in this shapeless lump lay concealed so many conveniencies of life, as would in time constitute a great part of the happiness of the world? Yet... | |
| 1810 - 464 pages
...beginnings the most useful productions of art have probably arisen. Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat, melted into...that in this shapeless lump lay concealed so many conveniencies of life, as would in time constitute a great part of the happiness of the world ? Yet... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 462 pages
...beginnings the most useful productions of art have probably arisen. Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat, melted into...rugged with excrescences, and clouded with impurities-, wonld have imagined, that in this shapeless lump lay concealed so many conveniencies of life, as would... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 394 pages
...beginnings the most useful productions' of art have probably arisen. Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat, melted into a metalline form, rugged with excrescenses, and clouded with impurities, would have imagined, that in this shapeless lump lay concealed... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...beginnings the most useful productions of art have probably arisen. Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat, melted Into a metalline form, rugged with excrescenses, and clouded •with impurities, would have imagined, that in this shapeless lump lay... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 524 pages
...beginnings the most useful productions of art have probably arisen. Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat, melted into...part of the happiness of the world ? Yet by some such for tuitous liquefaction was mankind taught to procure a body at once in a high degree solid and transparent,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 368 pages
...beginnings the most useful productions of art have probably arisen. Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat, melted into...that in this shapeless lump lay concealed so many conveniencies of life, as would in time constitute a great part of the happiness of the world ? Yet... | |
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