 Softer than the finest down, more impalpable than the finest gossamer, it leaves the cobweb undisturbed, and scarcely stirs the lightest flower that feeds on the dew it supplies; yet it bears the fleets of nations on its wings around the world, and crushes...  Plants, the earth & mineralsde Charles Baker - 1866Vista de fragmentos - Acerca de este libro
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 páginas
...seventy to one hundred tons on us all, yet we do not so much as feel its weight. Softer than the finest down — more impalpable than the finest gossamer,...leaves the cobweb undisturbed, and scarcely stirs the slightest flower that feeds on the dew it supplies ; yet it bears the fleets of nations on its wings... | |
 | Bombay Geographical Society - 1850 - 502 páginas
...to one hundred tons on us in all, yet we do not so much as feel its weight. Softer than the finest down — more impalpable than the finest gossamer,...nations on its wings around the world, and crushes tho most refractory substances with its weight. When in motion, its force is sufficient to level the... | |
 | 1854 - 530 páginas
...seventy to one hundred tons on us all, yet we do not so much as feel its weight. Softer than the finest down — more impalpable than the finest gossamer,...leaves the cobweb undisturbed, and scarcely stirs the slightest flower that feeds on the dew it supplies ; yet it bears the fleets of nations on its wings... | |
 | 1854 - 410 páginas
...seventy to one hundred tons on us all, yet we do not so much as feel its weight. Softer than the finest down — more impalpable than the finest gossamer,...leaves the cobweb undisturbed, and scarcely stirs the slightest flower that feeds on the dew it supplies ; yet it bears the fleets of nations on "its wings... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1855 - 304 páginas
...of surface of our bodies, or from seventy to one hundred tons on us in all, yet we do not so much as feel its weight. Softer than the softest down —...and crushes the most refractory substances with its wreight. When in motion, its force is sufficient to level the most stately forests and stable buildings... | |
 | 1855 - 804 páginas
...of surface of our bodies, or from seventy to one hundred tons on us in all, yet we do not so much as feel its weight. Softer than the softest down —...fleets of nations on its wings around the world, and cfushes the most refractory substances with its weight. When in motion, its force is sufficient to... | |
 | University magazine - 1855 - 784 páginas
...of our bodies, or from seventy to one hundred tons on us in all, yet we do not so much as feel ¡ta weight. Softer than the softest down — more impalpable than the finest gossamer — it leave» the cobweb undisturbed, und scarcely stirs the lightest Hower that feeds on the dew it supplies... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1860 - 542 páginas
...to one hundred tons on us in all, yet we do not so much as feel its weight. Softer than the finest down, more impalpable than the finest gossamer, it...weight. When in motion, its force is sufficient to level with the earth the most stately forests and stable buildings, to raise the waters of the ocean into... | |
 | David Page - 1864 - 374 páginas
...to one hundred tons on us in all, yet we do not so much as feel its weight. Softer than the finest down, more impalpable than the finest gossamer, it...it supplies : yet it bears the fleets of nations on wings around the world, and crushes the most refractory substances by its weight. When in motion, its... | |
 | Eli Bowen - 1865 - 512 páginas
...surface of our bodies, or from seventy to one hundred tons in all, — yet we cannot realize a sense of its weight. " Softer than the softest down — more...the fleets of nations on its wings around the world, mid crushes the most refractory substances with its weight. It is sufficient, when in motion, to level... | |
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