| English essays - 1785 - 498 pages
...More hurtful ftill to try, with diflant blow, To bring the percher from th' aerial bough. How mall his thoughts the level that prepare With all the caution of mechanic care, !:.xu't and fteady as the fage's eye Thro' Galileo's tube furveys the Iky, With ready view the tranlient... | |
| W. Cleator - Shooting - 1791 - 382 pages
...boaft, By frequent change, is check'd, confus'd, and loft ; And, guarded by irrefolute delay, Untouch'd fhall future coveys fleet away. More hurtful ftill...that prepare With all the caution of mechanic care, Exadt and fteady as the fage's eye Through Galileo's tube furveys the fky, With ready view the tranfient... | |
| Pierce Egan - Amusements - 1832 - 426 pages
...More hurtful still to try with distant blow, To bring the percher from th' sériel bough. How shall his thoughts, the level that prepare With all the caution of mechanic care, Exact and steady as the sage's eye, Through Galileo's tube surveys the sky, With ready view the transient... | |
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