 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
 | Thomas Chambers Hine - 1876 - 272 páginas
...of any kind, published the following remarkable prediction : — " 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." Two thirds of the... | |
 | Thomas Allan Croal - 1877 - 652 páginas
...Darwin, to which the reputation of prophecy has almost attached : — Soon shall thy arm, tmconquer'd Steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car; Or on the wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot thro' the fields of air! So wrote Dr. Darwin... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1878 - 400 páginas
...prophetic truth, and predicted the future triumph of the steam engine. " Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car; Or on wide waving wing expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air: Fair crews triumphant, leaning from... | |
 | Thomas Summerside - 1878 - 146 páginas
...would be deemed, in days gone by, as the idle dream of a visionary: " Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car, Or on swift moving pinions bear The flying chariots through the fields of air." As colliery explosions had... | |
 | Robert Henry Thurston - 1878 - 518 páginas
...earliest of Watt's improvements had become generally known, sang : " Soon shall thy arm, uneonquered 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." CHAPTER VII. THE PHILOSOPHY... | |
 | Ernst Ludwig Krause - 1879 - 230 páginas
...o'er the dazzled field." * We then have the well-known verses on the power of steam, vv. 289-296. " 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,... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 254 páginas
...Darwin, to which the reputation of prophecy has almost attached : " 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 ! " So wrote Dr. Darwin... | |
 | Ernst Krause - 1879 - 224 páginas
...then have the well-known verses on the power of steam, vv. 289-296. " Soon shall thy arm, TJnconquer'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,... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1880 - 668 páginas
..." Economy of Vegetation " that the wellknown prophetic lines on the power of steam occur : — " ' 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 cre« s, triumphant,... | |
 | Ernst Krause - 1880 - 238 páginas
...o'er the dazzled field." * We then have the well-known verses on the power of steam, vv. 289-296. " 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,... | |
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