 | 1834 - 692 pagina’s
...armor of the brutes, he would •o longer work as an artificer, nor protect himself with a breastjbte, nor fashion a sword or spear, nor invent a bridle to mount lie horse and hunt the lion. Neither could he follow the arts of peace, construct the pipe and lyre,... | |
 | 1836 - 566 pagina’s
...The armed extremities of a variety of animals give them great advantages; but if man possessed any similar provisions, he would forfeit his sovereignty...houses, place altars, inscribe laws, and through letters hold communion with the wisdom of antiquity :" — " libique liceat literarum et manuum beneficiis... | |
 | 1838 - 950 pagina’s
...forfeit his sovereignty over all. As Galen long lincc observed, " did man possess the natural armoui of the brutes, he would no longer work as an artificer,...breast-plate, nor fashion a sword or spear, nor invent a briille to mount a horse and hunt the lion. Neither could he follow the arts of peace, construct the... | |
 | 1844 - 498 pagina’s
...announced by the celebrated medical philosopher, Galen, who said : " Did man possess the natural armor of the brutes, he would no longer work as an artificer,...houses, place altars, inscribe laws, and through letters hold communion with the wisdom of antiquity." Man, indeed, renders subservient to his purposes every... | |
 | 1844 - 1022 pagina’s
...announced by the celebrated medical philosopher, Galen, who said : " Did man possess the natural armor of the brutes, he would no longer work as an artificer,...houses, place altars, inscribe laws, and through letters hold communion with the wisdom of antiquity." Man, indeed, renders subservient to his purposes every... | |
 | John Timbs - 1876 - 510 pagina’s
...nor protect himself with a breast-plate, nor fashion asword or spear, nor invent a bridle to mount a horse, and hunt the lion. Neither could he follow...peace, construct the pipe and lyre, erect houses, inscribe laws, and through letters and the ingenuity of the hand converse with the sages of antiquity.'... | |
 | Jerome Walker - 1890 - 444 pagina’s
...forfeit his sovereignty over all As Galen long since observed . ' Did man possess the natural armor of the brutes, he would no longer work as an artificer,...place altars, inscribe laws, and, through letters, hold communication with the wisdom of antiquity.' But the hand is not a distinct instrument ; nor is... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 466 pagina’s
...hour." Page 757, note I. Sir Charles Bell quotes Galen as saying, " Did man possess the natural armor of the brutes, he would no longer work as an artificer,...bridle to mount the horse and hunt the lion. Neither would he follow the arts of peace, construct the pipe and lyre, erect houses, place altars, inscribe... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 498 pagina’s
...hour." Page 157, note r. Sir Charles Bell quotes Galen as saying, " Did man possess the natural armor of the brutes, he would no longer work as an artificer,...bridle to mount the horse and hunt the lion. Neither would he follow the arts of peace, construct the pipe and lyre, erect houses, place altars, inscribe... | |
 | 1834 - 726 pagina’s
...destitute. But there is good reason for this. Galen has well said, " Did man possess the natural armor of the brutes, he would no longer work as an artificer,...place altars, inscribe laws, and, through letters, hold communion with the wisdom of antiquity." Though the human being has not the wings, nor the claws,... | |
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Did man possess the natural armor of the brutes, he would no longer work as an artificer, nor protect himself with a breastplate, nor fashion a sword or spear, nor invent a bridle to mount the horse and hunt the lion ; neither could he follow the arts... 