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, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs... Didactics: Social, Literary, and Political - Seite 250von Robert Walsh - 1836Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1798 - 552 Seiten
...expreffions peculiarly felicitous, " Or , " Or on wide-wiving" wings, expanded, bear ^ " Thy ftying chariot through the fields of air. " » ' • * '...triumphant leaning from above, " Shall wave their flutt'ring 'kerchiefs as they move ; • " Or warrior-bands alarm the gaping crowd, ' " And armies... | |
| Erasmus Darwin - 1798 - 472 Seiten
...the flow barge, or drive the rapid car; 290 Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying-chariot through the fields of air. — Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move ; Or warrior-bands alarm the gaping croud, And armies shrink beneath... | |
| Public characters - 1799 - 422 Seiten
...afar " Drag the flow barge, or drive the tapid car { " Or on wide-waving wings, expanded, bear " Thy flying chariot through the fields of air. " • Fair...triumphant leaning from above, " Shall wave their fluttering 'kerchiefs as they move ; " Or warrior-bands alarm the gaping crowd, " And armies fin-ink... | |
| 1801 - 606 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
| 1798 - 672 Seiten
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| Samuel Parkes - 1814 - 584 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
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