 Soon shall thy arm, unconquered 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...  Hydraulia; ... - Page 257by William Matthews - 1835Full view - About this book
 | 1801 - 606 lehte
...Icaft merit is, that pofterior 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... | |
 | Edmund Butcher - 1805 - 482 lehte
...capital invention of modern times, the steamengine, is worked ! Soon shall thine arm, UNCONQLUER'D 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. ]*air crews, triumphant leaning from above, Shall wave... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1805 - 224 lehte
...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 - 1807 - 382 lehte
...vessels an? :U'e.idy navigated by steam. «« ' :W " Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam! afar ijt Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car, Or on wide waving wings expanded bear id The flying chariot thiough the fields of air." " ' it has become an useful and powerful agent for... | |
 | Samuel Parkes - 1814 - 584 lehte
...have no idea. In America vessels are already navigated by steam. " Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid...bear The flying chariot through the fields of air." — DAEWIK. The steam-engine, approaching to the nature of aperpetuum ij'f, of.ralher an animal, is... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1815 - 282 lehte
...should anticipate the still farther extension of this useful power : — Soon shall thy arm, uncanquer'd steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid...; Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying charriol through the fields of air. Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their flutt'ring... | |
 | Samuel Parkes - 1816 - 584 lehte
...have no idea. In America vessels are already navigated by steam. " Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or 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... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1822 - 474 lehte
...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... | |
 | 1825 - 428 lehte
...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,... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1826 - 202 lehte
...following effect : — " Soon shall thy arm, fmconquered Steam, afar ! Drag the slow barge, or drire the rapid car ; Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air." The propulsion of boats by steam, like that of carriages, has long ceased to be problematic ; and it... | |
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