 So replied the mechanist, 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...  The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 388by Samuel Johnson - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...afflict him by disappointment. "I am afraid," said he to the artist, "that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather what...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.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Historical fiction - 1809 - 210 pages
...I am afraid," said he to the artist, " that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that yon now tell me rather what you wish than what you know....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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1810 - 230 pages
...him by dis.'* . ' appointment. " I am afraid said he to the artist, that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather what...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 - English fiction - 1811 - 194 pages
...aftlict him by disappointment. " 1 am afraid," said he to the artist, " that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you. now tell me rather...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, Francis William Blagdon - English fiction - 1811 - 250 pages
...afflict him by disappointment. " I am afraid," said he to the artist, " that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather what...mechanist, " fishes have the water, in which yet beasts can switn by nature, and men by art. He that can swim needs not despair to fly : to swim is to fly in a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...the artist, " that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather wh&t you wish, than what you know. Every animal has his...replied the mechanist, " fishes have the water, in whiclvyet beasts can swim by nature, and men by art. He that can swim needs not despair to fly : to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1815 - 272 pages
...afflict him by disappointment. " I am afraid," said he to the artist, " lhat your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather what...air, and man and beasts the earth." "So," replied ihe mechanist, '•' fishes have the water, iu which yet beasts can swim by nature, and men by art.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 484 pages
...afflict him by disappointment. " I am afraid, said he to the artist, that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather what...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.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English fiction - 1816 - 250 pages
...afflict him by disappointment. " I am afraid," said he to the artist, " that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather what...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.... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1817 - 194 pages
...afflict him by disappointment. " I am afraid," said he to the artist, " that your imagination prevails over your skill, and that you now tell me rather what you wisli than what you know. Every animal has his element assigned him ; the birds have the air, and man... | |
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