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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 ; — Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs... "
The Life of George Stephenson and of His Son Robert Stephenson: Comprising ... - Page 57
by Samuel Smiles - 1868 - 501 pages
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British Public Characters of 1798..

Biography - 1798 - 552 pages
...expreffions peculiarly felicitous, " Or , " Or on wide-wiving" wings, expanded, bear ^ " Thy ftying chariot through the fields of air. " » ' • * '...their flutt'ring 'kerchiefs as they move ; • " Or warrior-bands alarm the gaping crowd, ' " And armies fbrink beneath the fhadowy cloud. *' So mighty...
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The Botanic Garden: A Poem, in Two Parts. Part I. Containing The Economy of ...

Erasmus Darwin - Botany - 1798 - 472 pages
...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...
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The Public Characters, Volume 1

Biography - 1799 - 402 pages
...^ftr " Drag the flow barge, or drive the tapid car ; "Or on wide-waving wings, expanded, bear " Thy flying chariot through the fields of air. " — —...wave their flutt'ring 'kerchiefs as they move ; " Or warrior-bands alarm the gaping crowd, " And armies fbrink beneath the lhadowy cloud. " So mighty Hercules...
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The Public characters of 1798

Public characters - 1799 - 422 pages
...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...
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Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 ..., Volume 1

1801 - 606 pages
...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...
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An excursion from Sidmouth to Chester, in the summer of 1803, Volume 1

Edmund Butcher - 1805 - 482 pages
...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...
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Beauties of The Botanic Garden

Erasmus Darwin - Botany - 1805 - 224 pages
...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,...
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A Chymical Catechism, Or, The Application of Chymistry to the Arts: For the ...

Samuel Parkes - Chemistry - 1807 - 382 pages
...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...
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The Chemical Catechism: With Notes, Illustrations, and Experiments

Samuel Parkes - Chemistry - 1814 - 584 pages
...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...
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Scientific Dialogues, for Young People: in which the First ..., Volume 4

Jeremiah Joyce - 1815 - 282 pages
...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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