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... Willis's Current notes - Página 87por Willis's Current notes - 1853Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 páginas
...and the lion join, And George and Britain guard the sterling coin. " 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,... | |
| English poets - 1862 - 622 páginas
...hammers stamp. The harp, the lily, and the lion join, And George and Britain guard the sterling coin. 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. —Fair crews triumphant,... | |
| John Timbs - 1862 - 360 páginas
...Steam-power have been singularly verified. In Dr. Darwin's Botanic Garden, first published in 1789, but written, it is well known, at least twenty years before the date of its publication, occurs the following prediction respecting Steam: " Soon shall thy arm, unconquered Steam, afar Drag... | |
| Home tutor - 1862 - 530 páginas
...and the lion join, And George and Britain guard the sterling coin. 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. PART II. POPULAR GEOLOffT.... | |
| 1863 - 588 páginas
...prophetic faculty of genius in anticipating scientific discovery : — " Soon shall thine arm, nnconqnered 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. Their crews triumphant,... | |
| John Timbs - 1864 - 374 páginas
...high-pressure steam. Nor must we forget the predictive lines in his Botanic Garden, first published in 1789, but written, it is well known, at least twenty years before the date of its publication ; the passage, often quoted, commences — " Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd Steam, afar Drag the slow... | |
| Thomas Darnell - 1865 - 96 páginas
...MISCELLANEOUS PARSING EXERCISES ON THE WHOLE. Censure is the tax which a man pays the public for being eminent. Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam, afar Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide-waving winds expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air. The horse being troubled... | |
| Invention - 1868 - 240 páginas
...ILLUSTRATIVE SKETCHES. POETIC PROPHECIES. IN Dr. Darwin's Botanic Garden, first published in 1789, but written, it is well known, at least twenty years before the date of its publication, occurs the following prediction respecting Steam : — " Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd Steam, afar... | |
| Samuel Smiles - 1868 - 522 páginas
...eteam-boat had been invented : CHAP. I.] DR. DARWIN'S PROPHECY. 59 " 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,... | |
| John Timbs - 1868 - 454 páginas
...written it is known at least twenty years before it was published : 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... | |
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