By his machines man can dive and remain under water like a shark; can fly like a hawk in the air; can see atoms like a gnat; can s...ee the system of the universe of Uriel, the angel of the sun; can carry whatever loads a ton of coal can lift; can knock down cities with his fist of gunpowder; can recover the history of his race by the medals which the deluge, and every creature, civil or savage or brute, has involuntarily dropped of its existence; and divine the future possibility of the planet and its inhabitants by his perception of laws of nature.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The Angel that presided o'er my birth Said, "Little creature, formed of Joy and Mirth,... Go love without the help of any thing on earth.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Angel: You are a sourpuss, aren't you? Brad: Yeah.... Angel: You want to bite somebody? Brad: Yeah. Angel: Well, pick your spot.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I've almost gained my heav'nly home; My spirit loudly sings; The holy ones behold they come, I hear the noise of wings.... O come, angel band, Come and around me stand. O bear me away on your snowy wings, To my immortal home.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
McCoy: That shark's been following us ever since the surgeon died, waiting for the burial. Couldn't I have a musket to shoot it, s...ir? Fletcher Christian: Take the deck, McCoy. I'll get the keys to the arms chest. McCoy: Get two muskets, sir. I'd like to shoot that shark on board.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Dark Angel, with thine aching lust To rid the world of penitence:... Malicious Angel, who still dost My soul such subtile violence!
Because of thee, no thought, no thing, Abides for me undesecrate: Dark Angel, ever on the wing, Who never reachest me too late!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
From man or angel the great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge... His secrets to be scanned by them who ought Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the heav'ns Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model heav'n And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame, how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances, how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »