| Erasmus Darwin - 1798 - 472 Seiten
...\ " Soon (hall thy arm, Unconquer'd Steam ! afar I3rag the flow barge, or drive the rapid car; 290 Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying-chariot...kerchiefs as they move ; Or warrior-bands alarm the gaping croud, And armies shrink beneath the fhadowy cloud. " So mighty HERCULES o'er many a clime Waved his... | |
| 1798 - 552 Seiten
...expreffions peculiarly felicitous, " Or , " Or on wide-wiving" wings, expanded, bear ^ " Thy ftying chariot through the fields of air. " » ' • * ' " - Fair...triumphant leaning from above, " Shall wave their flutt'ring 'kerchiefs as they move ; • " Or warrior-bands alarm the gaping crowd, ' " And armies... | |
| Public characters - 1799 - 422 Seiten
...flow barge, or drive the tapid car { " Or on wide-waving wings, expanded, bear " Thy flying chariot through the fields of air. " • Fair crews triumphant...warrior-bands alarm the gaping crowd, " And armies fin-ink beneath the fhadowy cloud. " So mighty Hercules o'er many a clime " Wav'd his huge mace in... | |
| 1799 - 402 Seiten
...the fields of air. " — — Fair crews triumphant leaning from above, " Shall 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 o'er many a clime " Wav'd his huge mace in Virtue's... | |
| 1801 - 606 Seiten
...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 triumphant, leaning from above,... | |
| 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...wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move } Or warrior bands alarm the gaping croud, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud. CONCLUSION. HERE... | |
| 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... | |
| 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 car, Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air." — DAEWIK. The steam-engine,... | |
| 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 car ; Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying charriol through the fields of air. Fair crews triumphant,... | |
| Jeremiah Joyce - 1815 - 680 Seiten
...other purposes, such as the working of mills, the threshing of corn, and coining. In making the copper Fair crews triumphant leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as ihey more, Or warrior -bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud. Emma.... | |
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