 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 - Page 2641863Full view - About this book
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1843 - 342 pages
...one mile and two hundred and thirty-four yards. HOME TRAVELLING. " 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, 1793. THIS quotation contains a prophesy. At the time it was written, steam was only in its... | |
 | 1843 - 540 pages
...Social History of Great Britain, by William Goodman. HOME TRAVELLING. . shall ;hy urm, uneonqner'd steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car, Or oa wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air." 1I...I1W,-., 1793.... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1845 - 484 pages
...lion join, And George and Britain guard the sterling coin. " Soon shall thy arm, unconquered Steam 1 afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ;...bear The flying chariot through the fields of air. Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move ; Or... | |
 | John Timbs - Science - 1844 - 410 pages
...rapid car ; Or on wide waving wings expanded hear The flying chariot through the fields of air. Fair crews triumphant leaning from above Shall wave their...move ; Or warrior bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink heneath the shadowy cloud : So mighty Hercules o'er many a clime Waved his huge mace... | |
 | English literature - 1844 - 568 pages
...he published as early as 1 793 : — ' Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd Steam ! afar Drag the sloio barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot thro' the fields of air !' — Botcmic Garden, Cant. i. 253-289. * Savery i - generally slated to have... | |
 | English literature - 1844 - 698 pages
...published as early as 1793: — ' Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd Steam ! afar J)rag the slow harge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot thro' the fields of air !' — Botanic Garden, Cant. i. 253-289. * Savery is generally stated to have... | |
 | Mary Milner - 1844 - 788 pages
...years, has been the progress of science ! Dr. Darwin's prediction, — " 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," 1 was probably, at... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 648 pages
...portion of Dr. Darwin's prophecy alluding to aerial navigation : — Soon shall thy arm, unconqnered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the streams of air. Sir G. Cayley, and other... | |
 | Joseph MacSweeny - 1844 - 144 pages
...steam, it would be a step towards realizing the lines of Darwin— " Soon shall thy arm, uncpnquer'd steam! afar, Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car; Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the streams of air Fair crews triumphant... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...With oil my learning, I should never have found out that expedient." Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam ' afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid...The flying chariot — through the fields of air. Fhe brave — do never fhun the Unfit; t iir : their thoughts, and open are their tempers; y, without... | |
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