 | Joseph Aston - 1804 - 310 lehte
...receive their motion from that valuable discovery the steam engine.* In these " Press'd by the pond'rons air, the piston falls " Resistless, sliding through...; " Quick moves the balanc'd beam of giant birth, " \VicUs his large limbs, and nodding shakes the earth." [DARWIN'S BOTANIC GARDEN.] It would perhaps... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1805 - 224 lehte
...streams the quick expansion stop, And sunk the immense of vapor to a drop.— Prest by the ponderous air the piston falls Resistless, sliding through its iron walls ; Quick moves the balanced beam of giant-birth, "Wields his large limbs, and, nodding, shakes the earth. The giant-power... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1809 - 384 lehte
...the quick expansion stop, " And sunk the immense of vapour to a drop. — " Press'd by the ponderous air the piston falls, " Resistless, sliding through...its iron walls : " Quick moves the balanc'd beam, of giant-birth, Wields his large limbs, and nodding shakes the earth." The unceasing rattle of this gigantic... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1815 - 680 lehte
...clouds, and wingM the w»e with fire: Bade with cold streams the quick expansion stop, And sunk the immense of vapour to a drop. Press'd with the pond'rous air the piston tails Resistless sliding through its iron walls; Quick moves the balanc'd beam, of giant birth, Wields... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 662 lehte
...papa," said Lucy. " I like those lines so much." Her father continued : — " Pressed by the ponderous air, the piston falls, Resistless sliding through...Quick moves the balanc'd beam, of giant birth, Wields its large limbs, and, nodding, shakes the earth ; The giant power, from earth's remotest caves, Lifts... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1827 - 316 lehte
...papa," said Lucy. " I like those lines so much." Her father continued : — " Pressed by the ponderous air, the piston falls, Resistless sliding through...Quick moves the balanc'd beam, of giant birth, Wields its large limbs, and, nodding, shakes the earth ; The giant power, from earth's remotest caves, Lifts... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1828 - 280 lehte
...pla/d, And call'd delighted SAVLRT to your aid, Bade round the youth EXPLOSIVE STEAM aspire In gathering clouds, and wing'd the wave with fire; Bade with cold...Resistless, sliding through its iron walls; Quick moves tlie balanu'd beam, of giant birth, Wields his large limbs, aud nodding shakes the earth. Emma. I remember... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1845 - 484 lehte
...streams the quick expansion stop, And sunk the immense of vapours to a drop. Pressed by the ponderous air the piston falls Resistless, sliding through its iron walls ; Quick moves the balanced beam, of giant birth, Wields his large limbs, and nodding shakes the earth. " The giant power... | |
 | 1846 - 620 lehte
...streams the quick expansion stop, And sunk the immense of vapour to a drop. Press'd by the ponderous air, the piston falls Resistless, sliding through its iron walls: Quick moves the balance-beam of giant birth, Wields his large limbs, and, nodding, shakes the earth. The giant-power... | |
 | Harry Howells Horton - 1853 - 304 lehte
...thousand pipes the wave distils, And thirsty cities drink the exuberant rills. Press'd by the ponderous air, the piston falls Resistless, sliding through its iron walls ; Quick moves the balanced beam, of giant birth, Wields his large limbs, and nodding, shakes the earth." The following... | |
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Savery to your aid ; Bade round the youth explosive Steam aspire, In gathering clouds, and wing'd the wave with fire; Bade with cold streams the quick expansion stop, And sunk the immense of vapour to a drop. Press'd by the ponderous air the piston falls... 
