fishes have the water, in which yet beasts can swim by nature, and men by art. He that can swim needs not despair to fly: to swim is to fly in a grosser fluid, and to fly is to swim in a subtler. We are only to proportion our power of resistance to the... History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia - الصفحة 16بواسطة Samuel Johnson - 1895 - عدد الصفحات: 179عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - عدد الصفحات: 162
...has his element assigned him; the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth." " So," replied the mechanist, "fishes have the water, in which yet...only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to pass. Yovj will be necessarily upborne by the air,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - عدد الصفحات: 376
...has his element assigned him; the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth." " So," replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in which yet...only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to -pass. You will be necessarily upborn by the air,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - عدد الصفحات: 210
...has his element assigned him ; the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth." f So," replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in which yet beasts can swim by nature, and man by art. He I hat can swim needs not despair to fly : to swim is to fly in a grosser fluid, and... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - عدد الصفحات: 458
...has his element assigned him ; the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth." " So, replied the mechanist, fishes have the water, in which yet...only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to pass. You will be necessarily upborn by the air,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - عدد الصفحات: 230
...has his element assigned him ; the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth." " So, replied the mechanist, fishes have the water, in which yet...can swim by nature, and men by art. He that can swim need not despair to fly : N» Swim is to fly in a grosser fluid, and to fly is to swim in a subtler.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - عدد الصفحات: 428
...and man and beasts the earth." " So," replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in whiclvyet beasts can swim by nature, and men by art. He that...only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to pass. You will be necessarily upborne by the air,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - عدد الصفحات: 250
...beasts the earth." " So," replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in which yet beasts can switn by nature, and men by art. He that can swim needs...only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to pass. You will be necessarily upborne by the air,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - عدد الصفحات: 194
...has his element assigned him; the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth." " So," replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in which yet...can swim by nature, and men by art. He that can swim need not despair to fly : to swim is to fly in a grosser fluid, and to fly is to swim in a subtler,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - عدد الصفحات: 250
...has his element assigned him ; the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth." " So," replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in which yet...only to proportion our power of resistance to the different density of matter through which we are to pass. You will be necessarily upborne by the air,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - عدد الصفحات: 484
...has his element assigned him ;' the birds have the air, and man and beasts the earth." " So, replied the mechanist, fishes have the water, in which yet...is to swim in a subtler. We are only to proportion empower of resistance to the different density of mater through which we are to pass. You will be necessarily... | |
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