 | Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 414 pages
...as possible as he could, And rather his own eyes condemn, Than question what he 'ad seen with them. While all were thus resolv'd, a man Of great renown there thus began — Tis strange, I grant ! hut who can say What cannot be, what can, and may ? Especially at so hugely vast A distance as this... | |
 | Poetical narratives - 1810 - 330 pages
...rather his own eyes condemn, Than question what he'd seen with them. While all were thus resolved, a man Of. great renown there thus began — 'Tis strange,...be, what can, and may ? Especially at so hugely vast A distance as this wonder's placed, Where the least error of the sight May shew things false, but never... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pages
...'ad seen with them. While all were thus resolv'd, a man Of great renown there thus began — *• TB strange, I grant ! but who can say What cannot be, what can, and may ? Especially at so hugely vast A distance as this wonder 's plac'd, Where the least errour of the sight May show things false, but... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 666 pages
...place of the tail of the other, but with the feet of both towards the same quarter, namely, the south. While all were thus resolv'd, a man Of great renown...Especially' at so hugely vast 265 A distance as this u-ondtr's plac'd, Where the least error of the sight May shew tllings false, but never right ; Nor... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1816 - 304 pages
...same, or nearly the very same limits of the moon's disk, another elephant, as drawn in Fig. 42. 268 While all were thus resolv'd, a man Of great renown...what can, and may ? Especially' at so hugely vast §65 A distance as this wonder's plac'd, Where the least error of the sight May shew things false,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 312 pages
...rather his own eyes condemn, Than question what he 'ad seen with them. \Vhile all were thus resolved, a man Of great renown there, thus began— ' Tis strange,...what can, and may ? Especially' at so hugely vast A distance as this wonder's placed, Where the least error of the sight May show things false, but never... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 328 pages
...possible as he could, And rather his own eyes condemn, Than question what he 'ad seen with them. s6o While all were thus resolv'd, a man Of great renown...be, what can, and may ? Especially at so hugely vast ses A distance as this wonder 's plac'd, Where the least error of the sight May shew things false,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 316 pages
...possible as he could, And rather his own eyes condemn, Than question what he 'ad seen with them. 260 While all were thus resolv'd, a man Of great renown...be, what can, and may ? Especially at so hugely vast s6s A distance as this wonder 's plac'd, Where the least error of the sight May shew things false,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...as possible as he could, And rather his own eyes condemn, Than question what he 'ad seen with them. uc Vay What cannot be, what can, and may ! Kspecially at so hugely rast A distance as this wonder 's plac'd,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...aK possible as he could, And rather his own eyes condemn, Than question what he 'ad seen with them* thus committed, sometimes a kind of martyrdom ; and if it extend to the whole I Especially at so hugely vast A distance as this wonder *s plac'd, Where the least error of the sight... | |
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