 NYMPHS ! you erewhile on simmering caldrons play'd, And call'd delighted Savery to your aid ; Bade round the youth explosive Steam aspire, In gathering clouds, and wing'd the wave with fire ; Bade with cold streams the quick expansion stop, And sunk the...  Gwennap; a Descriptive Poem, in Four Cantos - Seite 11von William Francis (of Gwennap.) - 1845 - 80 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Joseph Aston - 1804 - 310 Seiten
...receive their motion from that valuable discovery the steam engine.* In these " Press'd by the pond'rons air, the piston falls " Resistless, sliding through...; " Quick moves the balanc'd beam of giant birth, " \VicUs his large limbs, and nodding shakes the earth." [DARWIN'S BOTANIC GARDEN.] It would perhaps... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1805 - 224 Seiten
...Bade with cold streams the quick expansion stop, And sunk the immense of vapor to a drop.— Prest by the ponderous air the piston falls Resistless, sliding through its iron walls ; Quick moves the balanced beam of giant-birth, "Wields his large limbs, and, nodding, shakes the earth. The giant-power... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1809 - 384 Seiten
...wing'd the wave with fire ; " Bade with cold streams the quick expansion stop, " And sunk the immense of vapour to a drop. — " Press'd by the ponderous...its iron walls : " Quick moves the balanc'd beam, of giant-birth, Wields his large limbs, and nodding shakes the earth." The unceasing rattle of this gigantic... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1815 - 446 Seiten
...streams the quick expansion stop, And sunk the immense of vapour to a drop. Press'd with the pond'rous air the piston falls Resistless sliding through its...Wields his large limbs, and nodding shakes the earth. F.mma. I remember the lines very well : will you describe the engine, that we may see how they apply... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1815 - 680 Seiten
...expansion stop, And sunk the immense of vapour to a drop. Press'd with the pond'rous air the piston tails Resistless sliding through its iron walls; Quick moves...Wields his large limbs, and nodding shakes the earth. Emma. I remember the lines very wel}.will you describe the engine, that we may see how they apply ?... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1815 - 282 Seiten
...streams the quick expansion stop, And sunk th' immense of vapour to a drop. Press' d with the pond'rous air the piston falls Resistless, sliding through its...Quick moves the balanc'd beam, of giant birth. Wields hi» large limbs, and nodding shakes the earth. Emma. I remember the lines very well : will you describe... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1824 - 246 Seiten
...the wave with fire ; Bade with cold streams the quick expansion stop, And sunk the immense of vapours to a drop. — Press'd by the ponderous air the piston falls Resistless, sliding through its iron walls ; 260 Qaiok moves the balanced beam, of giant birth, Wields his large limbs, and nodding shakes the... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 662 Seiten
...go on reading, papa," said Lucy. " I like those lines so much." Her father continued : — " Pressed by the ponderous air, the piston falls, Resistless...Quick moves the balanc'd beam, of giant birth, Wields its large limbs, and, nodding, shakes the earth ; The giant power, from earth's remotest caves, Lifts... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1827 - 316 Seiten
...go on reading, papa," said Lucy. " I like those lines so much." Her father continued : — " Pressed by the ponderous air, the piston falls, Resistless...Quick moves the balanc'd beam, of giant birth, Wields its large limbs, and, nodding, shakes the earth ; The giant power, from earth's remotest caves, Lifts... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1828 - 280 Seiten
...streams the quick expansion stop, And sunk th' immense of vapour to a drop. Press'd with the pond'rous air the piston falls Resistless, sliding through its iron walls; Quick moves tlie balanu'd beam, of giant birth, Wields his large limbs, aud nodding shakes the earth. Emma. I remember... | |
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