 | Johann Reinhold Forster - 1786 - 544 halaman
...powers of the human undcrftanding. This cannot be made more evident, than when, taking a retrofpeclivc view of the tottering, inartificial craft, to which...navigation owes its origin, we compare it with a noble and rmjeftic edifice, containing 1000 men, together with their provifions, drink, furniture, wearing apparel,... | |
 | Richard Lobb - 1817 - 418 halaman
...navigation, in the state in which it is at present ; an art which doubtless affords one of the most certain irrefragable proofs of the amazing powers of the human understanding. This cannot De made more evident than when, taking a retrospective view of the tottering, inartificial craft to... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1827 - 398 halaman
...that of navigation, in the state in which it is at present. This cannot be made more evident than by taking a retrospective view of the tottering, inartificial craft to which navigation owes its origin : and by comparing them with the noble and majestic edifices now in use, containing a thousand men,... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1830 - 350 halaman
...that of navigation, in the state in which it is at present. This cannot be made more evident than by taking a retrospective view of the tottering, inartificial craft to which navigation owes its origin : and by comparing them with the noble and majestic edifices now in use, containing a thousand men,... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1857 - 508 halaman
...that of navigation, in the state in which it is at present. This cannot be made more evident than by taking a retrospective view of the tottering, inartificial craft to which navigation owes its origin ; and by comparing them with the noble and majestic edifices now in use, containing a thousand men,... | |
 | John Platts - 1876 - 986 halaman
...navigation, in the state in which it is at present; an art which doubtless affords one of the most certain irrefragable proofs of the amazing powers of the human...a retrospective view of the tottering inartificial cratt to which navigation owes its origin, we compare it to a noble and majestic edifice, containing... | |
 | 1786 - 752 halaman
...powers of the human underttanding. This cannot be made more evident, than when, taking a retrofpective view of the tottering inartificial craft to which...navigation owes its origin, we compare it with a noble and majeftic edifice, containing 1000 men, together with their provifiuns, drink, furniture, wearing-apparel,... | |
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This art affords one of the most certain and irrefragable proofs of the amazing powers of the human understanding. This cannot be made more evident, than when, taking a retrospective view of the tottering, inartificial craft, to which navigation owes... 