 He no longer waits for favoring gales, but by means of steam, he realizes the fable of bolus's bag, and carries the two and thirty winds in the boiler of his boat. To diminish friction, he paves the road with iron bars, and, mounting a coach with a ship-load...  The Monthly magazine - Page 336by Monthly literary register - 1839Full view - About this book
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