 shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam, afar Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear ; The flying chariot through the fields of air...  Willis's Current notes - Page 87by Willis's Current notes - 1853Full view - About this book
 | 1801 - 606 pages
...difcoveries feem to be fail realifing the predictions of the poet : " Soon shall thy arm, UNCONQUERED STEAM ! afar " Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car; • " Or on wide-waving wings, expanded, bear " Thy flying chariot through the fields of air. < " — Fair ctews... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - Botany - 1805 - 224 pages
...cupreous circles cramp, And with quick fall his massy hammers stamp. Soon shall thy arm, unconguer'd steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying-chariot through the fields of air. Fair crews triumphant,... | |
 | Samuel Parkes - Chemistry - 1816 - 584 pages
...purposes, of which at present we have no idea. In America vessels are already navigated by steam. " Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam ! afar Drag...drive the rapid car; Or on wide waving wings expanded hear The flying chariot through the fields of air." — DARWIN. The steam-engine, approaching to the... | |
 | Cadwallader David Colden - Naval architects - 1817 - 400 pages
..." The poet was considered under the influence of a disordered imagination when he exclaimed, •• Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam ! afar " Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid ear, " Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear " The flying chariot through the fields of air."* » Darwin.... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - Steam-engines - 1822 - 474 pages
...CHARLES FREDERICK PARTINGTON, A OF THE LONDON INSTITUTION. Cl » C • " Soon shall thy arm, unconquerM Steam ! afar! Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air." Darni*. Illustrated... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - Botany - 1824 - 246 pages
...hammers stamp. The Harp, the Lily and the Lion join, And George and Britain guard the sterling coin. " Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd Steam! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car; 290 Or on wide- waving wings expanded bear The flying-chariot through the fields of air. — Fair crews... | |
 | Technology - 1825 - 428 pages
...the transport of persons or merchandize U is proposed to supersede entirely the necessity of horse Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd Steam afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air. power in all public wagons,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Architecture - 1825 - 324 pages
...expecting that it would be soon accomplished, it was thought that it would never be effected : — ' Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car.'" " The slow barge now goes as fast as you please," said Harry. " The rapid car is to come ; and I dare... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Didactic fiction - 1825 - 662 pages
...expecting that it would be soon accomplished, it was thought that it would never be effected : — ' Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car.' " " The slow barge now goes as fast as you please," said Harry. " The rapid car is to come ; and I... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1825 - 508 pages
...IRON ¿AIL-WAY," WIT.H STEAM-ENGINES TO SUPERSEDE THE NECESSITY OF HORSES IN ALL PUBLIC VEHICLES, " Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd Steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid caí ! Or_on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air. IlARWlM.... | |
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