 Yet by some such fortuitous liquefaction was mankind taught to procure a body at once in a high degree solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind; which might extend the sight of the philosopher...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 55by Samuel Johnson - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 624 pages
...procure a body at once in a high degree solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind ; which might...importance might supply the decays of nature, and succourold age with subsidiary sight Thus was the first artificer in glass employed, though without... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 620 pages
...procure a body at once in n high degree solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind ; which might...charm him at one time with the unbounded extent of the materia) creation, and at another witli the endless subordination of animal life ; and, what is yet... | |
 | 1842 - 818 pages
...subsidiary sight ; which extends the view of the philosopher to new ranges of existence, and charms him, at one time, with the unbounded extent of the...another, with the endless subordination of animal life. In the department of the fine arts, likewise, the ntellect has achieved wonders. Its plastic powers... | |
 | 1843 - 350 pages
...body, at once, in a high degree, solid and transparent, — which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind : — which might...endless subordination of animal life ; — and, what is of yet more importance, might supply the decays of nature, and succour old age with subsidiary sight.... | |
 | George Dodd - 1843 - 580 pages
...a body, at once, in a high degree, solid and transparent ; which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind ; which might...charm him, at one time, with the unbounded extent of material creation, and at another with the endless subordination of animal life ; and, what is of yet... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1843 - 914 pages
...produce a body at once in a high degree solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind ; which might...sight of the philosopher to new ranges of existence, ana charm him at one time with the unbounded extent of the material crcation, and at another with the... | |
 | George Dodd - 1845 - 722 pages
...procure a body, at once in a high degree solid and transparent; which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind ; which might...charm him at one time with the unbounded extent of material creation, and at another with the endless subordination of animal life; and, what is of yet... | |
 | 1845 - 854 pages
...procure a body at once in a high degree solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind ; which might...charm him at one time with the unbounded extent of material creation, and at another with the endless subordination of animal life ; and, what is ye^... | |
 | 1844 - 836 pages
...the philosopher to new range* of ei-_ istence, and charm him at one time with the unbounded extent « the material creation, and at another with the endless...animal life •, and what is yet of more importance, niipi1 supply the decays of nature, and«uccour old age with subsidiary sight Thuswasthe first artificer... | |
 | George Richardson Porter - 1846 - 256 pages
...procure a body at once in a high degree solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind ; which might extend the sight of the philosopher C5 new ranges of existence, and charm him at one time with the unbounded extent of the material creation,... | |
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