 | 1845 - 1368 стор.
...which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin, or rend an oak, is as nothing to it. 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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1845 - 778 стор.
...impossibilities. " The trunk of an elephant," it has been finely and truly said, " that can pick up a pin, orrend an oak. is as nothing to it. 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... | |
 | William Francis (of Gwennap.) - 1845 - 210 стор.
...varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it ; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as a gossamer ; and lift a ship of... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1846 - 330 стор.
...application of Antithesis. The subject of the first, is the steam engine; of the second, poetry. 1. " It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate...without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift up a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors—cut steel into... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 756 стор.
...power can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it—draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 754 стор.
...power can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it—draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble... | |
 | Frederick ROWTON - 1846 - 366 стор.
..." can be varied, distributed, and applied. The " trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin, or " rend an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave " a seal, and crush obdurate masses of metal " before it — draw out, without breaking, a thread " as fine as a gossamer,... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 стор.
...power can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave a...like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin aiid forge anchors — cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1847 - 448 стор.
...impossibilities. " The trunk of an elephant," it has been finely and truly said, "that can pick up a pin, or rend an oak," is as nothing to it. 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 418 стор.
...trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin, or rend an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave u seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it...without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift up a ship of wai like a bauble in the air. It can embrpider muslin, and forge anchors ; cut steel into... | |
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The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in... 
