 I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But •what would be the security of the good, if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky ? Against an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford...  The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale - Page 338by Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 214 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...and in a year expect to tower into the air beyond the malice and pursuit of man. But I will work pnly on this condition, that the art shall not be divulged,...northern savages might hover in the wind, and light with irresistable violence upon the capital of a fruitful region. Even this valley, the retreat of princes,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
...received." " If men were all virtuous," returned the artist, " I should with 'great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good,...an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 458 pages
...received." / " If men were all virtuous, returned the artist, I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But •what would be the security of the good,...an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...received." " If men were all virtuous," returned the artist, " I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good,...an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...received." " If men were all virtuous," returned the artist, " I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But •what would be the security of the good,...an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1815 - 272 pages
...received." '' If men were all virtuous/' returned the artist, " I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good,...an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 pages
...received." " If men were all virtuous, returned the artist, I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good...an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security. . A flight of northern savages might hover in the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 250 pages
...received." " If men were all virtuous," returned the artist, " I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good,...an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1817 - 194 pages
...received." " If men were all virtuous," returned the artist, " I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good,...an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor scaa could afford any security. A flight of northern e\vages might hover in the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...received." " If men were all virtuous," returned the artist, " I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good,...an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the... | |
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