Man is a Tool-using Animal (Handthierendes Thier). Weak in himself, and of small stature, he stands on a basis, at most for the flattest-soled, of some half-square foot, insecurely enough; has to straddle out his legs, lest the very wind supplant him.... English and American Tool Builderspor Joseph Wickham Row - 1916 - 315 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 338 páginas
...and of small stature, he stands on a ' basis, at most for the flattest-soled, of some half square' foot, insecurely enough ; has to straddle out his...of the meadow tosses him aloft, like a waste rag. Ne' vertheless he can use Tools, can devise Tools: with ' these the granite mountain melts into light... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 326 páginas
...and of small stature, he stands on a ' basis, at most for the flattest-soled, of some half square' foot, insecurely enough ; has to straddle out his...' of the meadow tosses him aloft like a waste rag. Ne' vertheless he can use Tools, can devise Tools : with 1 these the granite mountain melts into light... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1846 - 260 páginas
...of small stature, he stands on a basis, at most for the flat' test-soled, of some half square-foot, insecurely enough; has to ' straddle out his legs,...of the meadow tosses him aloft, like a waste rag. ' theless he can use Tools, can devise Tools: with these the gra' nite mountain melts into light dust... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1846 - 490 páginas
...of small stature, he stands on a basis, at most for the flat' test-soled, of some half square-foot, insecurely enough ; has to ' straddle out his legs,...of the meadow tosses him aloft, like a waste rag. Never' theless he can use Tools, can devise Tools : with these the gra' nite mountain melts into light... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1848 - 654 páginas
...of small stature, he stands on a basis, at most for the flat' test-soled, of some half square-foot, insecurely enough ; has to ' straddle out his legs,...of the meadow tosses him aloft, like a waste rag. Never' theless he can use Tools, can devise Tools: with these the gra' nite mountain melts into light... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1866 - 138 páginas
...and of small stature, he stands on a basis, at most for the flattest-soled, of some half square-foot, insecurely enough; has to straddle out his legs, lest...very wind supplant him. Feeblest of bipeds ! Three quintal are a crushing load for him; the Steer of the meadow tosses him aloft like a waste rag. Nevertheless... | |
| Samuel Smiles - 1876 - 372 páginas
...Carlyle, " and of small stature, he stands on a basis, at most for the flattest-soled, of some half square foot, insecurely enough ; has to straddle out his...lest the very wind supplant him. Feeblest of bipeds I Three quintals are a crushing load for him ; the steer of the meadow tosses him aloft like a waste... | |
| William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 508 páginas
...square-foot, insecurely enough ; has to straddle out his legs, lest the very winds supplant him. 2. " Feeblest of bipeds ! Three quintals are a crushing...steer of the meadow tosses him aloft like a waste rag. 3. " Nevertheless, he can use tools, can devise tools. With these, the granite mountain melts into... | |
| William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1879 - 508 páginas
...himself, and of small stature, he stands on a basis, at most for the flattest soled, of some half square foot, insecurely enough ; has to straddle out his legs, lest the very winds supplant him. 2. " Feeblest of bipeds ! Three quintals are a crushing load for him. The steer... | |
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