daimler motor-car in your shed for years and years and still deny yourself the pleasure of going out on the public road with it-even though you know you are not a very competent driver; and you cannot continue for half a century perfecting your military and naval organization without in the end making the temptation to become a political road-hog almost irresistible.
"The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife"
Edward Carpenter
Yes-except that it's a daimler, and aren't they different?
"Christopher and Columbus"
Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim
We may assume that the two brothers had closely studied the engines patented by daimler and Levassor, and, being of a mechanical turn of mind themselves, they were able to build their own motor, with which they could make experiments in power-driven flight.
"The Mastery of the Air"
William J. Claxton