 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 348 pages
...commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water, in thedesert, affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which...magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 290 pages
...Afrite—commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water, in the desert, affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which...threats of Xerxes himself.* This potent commander of the elements—this abridger of time and space—this magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 506 pages
...commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert ; affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which...magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 552 pages
...commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert, affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which...abridger of time and space — this magician, whose * Note by Captain Clutterbuek. Probably the ingenious author alludes to the national adage : The king... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 358 pages
...commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert — affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which...commander of the elements — this abridger of time aud space — this magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change in the world, the effects... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 352 pages
...commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert—affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which...threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements—this abridger of time and space — this magician, whose cloudy machinery hai produced a... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 352 pages
...commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert — affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which...commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent com* mander of the elements — this abridger of time and ipace — this magician, whose cloudy machinery... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 382 pages
...commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert, affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which...magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 380 pages
...commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert, affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which...this abridger of time and space — this magician, xvhose cloudy machinery has produced a change; on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 382 pages
...—commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert, affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which...threats of Xerxes himself.* This potent commander of the elements—this abridger of time and space—this magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change... | |
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... beyond his own stupendous powers of calculation and combination; bringing the treasures of the abyss to the summit of the earth; giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite; commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced... 
