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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... "
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1863
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The Botanic Garden: A Poem, in Two Parts. Part I. Containing The Economy of ...

Erasmus Darwin - 1798 - 472 pages
...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 the fhadowy cloud. " So mighty HERCULES...
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The Public characters of 1798

Public characters - 1799 - 422 pages
...Or on wide-waving wings, expanded, bear " Thy 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 crowd, " And armies fin-ink beneath the fhadowy cloud. " So mighty Hercules...
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Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 ..., Volume 1

1801 - 606 pages
...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,...
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Beauties of The Botanic Garden

Erasmus Darwin - 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, leaning from above, Shall wave their...
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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...
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The Chemical Catechism: With Notes, Illustrations, and Experiments

Samuel Parkes - 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 car, Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air." — DAEWIK. The steam-engine,...
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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 car ; Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying charriol through the fields of air. Fair crews triumphant,...
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The Life of Robert Fulton

Cadwallader David Colden - 1817 - 406 pages
...disordered imagination when he exclaimed, " Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam! afar " Drag (he slow barge or drive the rapid car, " Or on wide-waving..." The flying chariot through the fields of air."* * Darwin. " The connexion between Livingston and Fulton realized, to a great degree, the vision of...
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The Life of Robert Fulton

Cadwallader David Colden - 1817 - 400 pages
...•• Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam ! afar " Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid ear, " Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear " The flying chariot through the fields of air."* » Darwin. 370 " The connexion between Livingston and Fulton realized, to a great degree, the vision...
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An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine: Comprising a ...

Charles Frederick Partington - 1822 - 474 pages
...CHARLES FREDERICK PARTINGTON, A OF THE LONDON INSTITUTION. Cl » C • " Soon shall thy arm, unconquerM Steam ! afar! Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid...bear The flying chariot through the fields of air." Darni*. Illustrated by Thirteen Engravings and Diagrams. Ztonoon : PRINTED FOR J. TAYLOR, AT THE ARCHITECTURAL...
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