 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...  Notes and Queries - Pagina 2641863Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1836 - 402 pagina’s
...EXPEB1MENTAL PHILOSOPHY, EDITOB OF THE BRITISH CYCLOPAEDIA, &C. &C. " 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." — DARWIN. «JUttton, Cormtelr antt ILLUSTRATED BY FORTY-THREE ENGRAVINGS AND DIAGRAMS. LONDON : JOHN... | |
 | 1836 - 378 pagina’s
...flying chariot through the fields of air ; — Fair crows triumphant, leaning from above, Shall \\avo their fluttering kerchiefs, as they move, Or warrior bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud." What would he have said, if he had but lived to witness the... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 276 pagina’s
...predicted the triumphs of the steam-engine, in the following strains : " 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; — Fair crews triumphant,... | |
 | Edmund Flagg - 1838 - 280 pagina’s
...enthusiasm of poetry ; it is now little more than the detail of reality : " Soon shall thy arm, unconqucr'd steam, afar Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid...bear The flying chariot through the fields of air ; Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall ware their fluttering kerchiefs as they move, Or... | |
 | Edmund Flagg - 1838 - 306 pagina’s
...; it is now little more than the detail of reality : " Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam, afrr Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car ; Or on...bear The flying chariot through the fields of air ; Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move. Or... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1838 - 1116 pagina’s
...His words are — " Soon shall thine arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow carriage, and impel the rapid car ; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air." Now the steam-boat and steam-carriage have already been placed in practical operation; and Sir George... | |
 | 1839 - 532 pagina’s
...WORKING PARTS OF A STEAM-BOAT. 443 Vot. XIV. ON STEAM NAVIGATION. SOOQ shall thy arm, unconquer'ti Steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid...wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fieldi of air. — DARWIN. THE Steam-Engine is one of the grandest inventions of modern times ; not... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 864 pagina’s
...fluttering and wandering, and cannot be fixed attentively to a few ideas successively. Watti. Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move. Darwin. A' list singular emotions fill Their bosoms who have been induced to roam With fluttering doubts... | |
 | 1839 - 272 pagina’s
...WORKING PARTS OF A STEAM-BOAT. VOL. XIV. 443 ON STEAM NAVIGATION. Soon shall tliy arm, unconquer'd Steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car : Or, mi wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fieldi of air.— THB Steam-Engine... | |
 | William Radford - 1840 - 114 pagina’s
...says, — 41 Soon shall thy arm, gigantic Steam afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; And on widewaving wings, expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air." The two first lines we have "seen completely verified, and who shall say, what the next fifty years... | |
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