We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude, and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness... Oral English: Or, The Art of Speaking - Page 65by Antoinette Knowles - 1916 - 361 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pages
...Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity...enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hard industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still,... | |
| 1775 - 868 pages
...is vexed by their fifheries. No climate that is not witnefs to their toils. Neither the perfeverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm fagacity of Englifh enterprise, ever carried this perilous mqde of hardy indultiy to the extent to... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1792 - 676 pages
...is vexed by their fimeries. No climate that is not witnefs to their toils. Neither the perfeverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm fagacity of Englifh enterprise, ever carried this moft perilous mode of hardy induftry to' the extent... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1801 - 368 pages
...is vexed by their fifheries. No climate that is not witnefs to their toils. Neither the perfeverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm fagacity of Englifh enterprize, ever carried this moft perilous mode of hardy induftry to the extent... | |
| Samuel Blodget - 1806 - 258 pages
...Brazil. No sea but what is vexed with their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity...France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprize, ever carried their most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been... | |
| John Quincy Adams - 1810 - 414 pages
...be of three clauses, and the descent completed in one ; like the following from the same speech. " Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity...of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of Englibh enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent, to which... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1813 - 768 pages
...Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness, to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity...enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hard industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still,... | |
| Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 pages
...Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by*their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity...France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprize, ever carried this most perilous mode of hard industry to the extent to which it has been... | |
| Timothy Pitkin - 1816 - 458 pages
...Brazil. No sea, but what is vexed with their fisheries. No climate, that is not witness of their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity...firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried their most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pursued by this recent... | |
| Charles Phillips - 1819 - 484 pages
...Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity...enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hard industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still,... | |
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