| Characters and characteristics - 1804 - 560 pages
...stote of life, as most men imagine, especially when people are fairly .thrown into it unavoidably, as this man was; who, in all probability, must otherwise...have perished in the seas, the ship, which left him, heing cast away, not long after, and few of the company escaped. We may perceive, by this story, the... | |
| Nathaniel Wanley - Characters and characteristics - 1806 - 552 pages
...thrown into it unavoidably, as this man was, who, in all probability, must otherwise hare perish» rd in the seas, the ship which left him being cast away...maxim, that " necessity is the mother of invention,'' since he found means to supply his wants in a very natural manner, so as to maintain his life, though... | |
| Nathaniel Wanley - Characters and characteristics - 1806 - 590 pages
...otherwise ha»e perished in the st>ss, the ship which left him being cast awav not long sfter, and ˇ"iw of the company escaped." We may perceive by this story,...truth of the maxim, that " necessity is the mother of invention,'1 since he found means to supply his wants in a very natural manner, so as to maintain his... | |
| Harleian miscellany - 1810 - 584 pages
...life, as most men imagine, especially when people are tairly thrown intu it unavoidably, as this roan was; who, in all probability, must otherwise have...and few of the company escaped. We may perceive, by tlii» story, tho truth of the maxim, That ' necessity is the mother of invention;' since he found... | |
| Great Britain - 1810 - 634 pages
...state of life, as most men imagine, especially when people are fairly thrown into it unavoidably, as this man was; who, in all probability, must otherwise...maxim, That ' necessity is the mother of invention ;' since he found means to supply his wants in a very natural manner, so as to maintain his life; though... | |
| Great Britain - 1810 - 602 pages
...imagine, especially when people are fairly thrown into it unavoidably, as this man was; who, in a|l probability, must otherwise have perished in the seas,...maxim, That ' necessity is the mother of invention ;' since he found means to supply his wants in a very natural manner, so as to maintain his life; though... | |
| Great Britain - 1810 - 590 pages
...state of life, as most men imapinr, especiaJly when people are fairly thrown into it unavoidably, as this man was; who, in all probability, must otherwise...left him, being cast away not long after, and few pf the company escaped. ,,', " " .'•.:' i • .'. .• . We may perceive, by this story, the truth... | |
| Joseph Taylor - 1821 - 300 pages
...life as most men imagine., especially when people are fairly called or thrown into it unavoidably, as this man was ; who, in all probability, must otherwise...escaped. We may perceive, by this story, the truth ot the maxim, that " necessity is the mother of invention," since he found means to supply his wants... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1827 - 604 pages
...psopcr for a philosopher and divine, than a mariner," concludes the aecount of Alexander Selkirk : • We may perceive by this story the truth of the maxim, that " Necessity is the mother of invention," since he found means to supply his wants, in a vely natural manner, so as to maintain his life, though... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1847 - 864 pages
...Selkirk's mode of life during the four years and four months he had spent on the island, concluding — " We may perceive, by this story, the truth of the maxim, that necessity is the mother of invention, since this man found means to supply his wants in a very natural manner, so as to maintain his life,... | |
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