 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 páginas
...and the Lion join, And George and Britain guard the sterling coin. Soon shall thy arm,3 unconquered Steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid...bear The flying chariot through the fields of air. Darwin. ANCIENT BRITAIN. Now borne upon the wings of traith sublime, Review thy dim original and prime.... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 páginas
...expedient." Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam ' afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid rar ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded, bear The flying chariot— through the fields of air. Hie brave— do never shun the light; Jvtt вг? their thought.*, and open яте their tempers; Truly,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 páginas
...prophetic truth, and predicted the future triumph of the steam-engine. t " 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,... | |
 | William Goodman - 1845 - 340 páginas
...one mile and two hundred and thirty-four yards. HOME TRAVELLING. " Soon shall thy arm, unconqucr'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." DARWIN, 1793. THIS... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1847 - 636 páginas
...day-dreams which had been promulgated by Dr. Darwin so early as 1793 : — " 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." Botanic Garden, Canto i. 253—2S9. Well may the reader of these lines exclaim with Macbeth, upon the... | |
 | William Goodman - 1847 - 336 páginas
...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... | |
 | English poets - 1847 - 144 páginas
...in the first couplet. Will that in the second ever be realized ? " 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." But this popularity was only of temporary duration. A periodical journal, called The Anti-Jacobin,... | |
 | Peter Progress (pseud.) - 1847 - 192 páginas
...xvii. L. EUSTON SQUARE STATION. TRAM-ROADS AND RAILWAYS. INTRODUCTION. Boon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car. Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear, The flyingrchariot through the fields of air. Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their... | |
 | Peter Progress (pseud.) - 1847 - 106 páginas
...out a Railway .......... li. TRAM-ROADS AND RAILWAYS. INTRODUCTION. 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... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1847 - 444 páginas
...were printed in 1 795, when the steam engine was in its infancy : — 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 field of air ! The latter part of the... | |
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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... 
