| William Matthews - 1835 - 522 oldal
...by the velocity of motion effected on rivers and rail-roads : — " Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid...wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air." " If the channel of any stream be suddenly contracted, the water will be forced to... | |
| William Matthews - 1835 - 564 oldal
...by the velocity of motion effected on rivers and rail-roads : — " Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid...wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air." " If the channel of any stream be suddenly contracted, the water will be forced to... | |
| Joseph Story - 1835 - 558 oldal
...prophetic truth, and predicted the future triumph of the steamengine. " Soon shall thy arm, uuconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid...wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air; — Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs,... | |
| 1835 - 398 oldal
...as quoted in your last will be strictly verified : " Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam ! allii Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide moving wings, expanded, bear The flying chariots '.hrough the fields of air." In conclusion, Mr. Editor,... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1836 - 276 oldal
...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...wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air; — Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above ; Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs... | |
| 1836 - 378 oldal
...predicted the future triumph of the steam-engine. " Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drajj the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide...wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air ; — Fair crows triumphant, leaning from above, Shall \\avo their fluttering kerchiefs,... | |
| Henry Lawes Long - 1836 - 110 oldal
...ago) is half accomplished. " Soon shall thine arm, Unconquer'd Steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, and drive the rapid car, Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air !" The Act for making the road from Milford, beyond Godalming to Petworth, was not passed... | |
| 1836 - 650 oldal
...STEAM LOCOMOTION. " Soon shall thine arm, nneonqnered steam, afar Drag the slow carriage and impel the rapid car, Or, on wide waving wings expanded, bear The flying chariot through the fields uf air." THE ingenious author of the above prophetic lines, however highly he may have estimated... | |
| Charles Frederick Partington - 1836 - 402 oldal
...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 car ; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air." — DARWIN. «JUttton,... | |
| Edmund Flagg - 1838 - 280 oldal
...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 car ; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air ; Fair crews triumphant,... | |
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