 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 of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode...  Selections - Page 144by Edmund Burke - 1925 - 469 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1840 - 556 pages
...strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursue the gigantic game on the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries, no climate but what is witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France,... | |
 | Francis Allyn Olmsted - 1841 - 390 pages
...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...sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people—a... | |
 | Francis Allyn Olmsted - 1841 - 400 pages
...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...France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprize, ever carried this perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed... | |
 | 1842 - 608 pages
...some iii them draw the line and strike the harpoun on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what ia vexed by their fisheries, no climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursue their gigantic game along the coasts of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries....enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 pages
...harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursue their gigantic game along the coasts of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries....perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, aor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...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...enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people — a people who are... | |
 | Charles Jared Ingersoll - 1845 - 544 pages
...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...Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of Francej nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of British enterprize ever carried this most perilous mode... | |
 | Freeman Hunt - 1845 - 624 pages
...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...but what is vexed by their fisheries ; no climate but is witness of their toils." Such was the fame of the New Englanders in this perilous mode of industry... | |
 | 1845 - 604 pages
...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...but what is vexed by their fisheries ; no climate but is witness of their toils." Such was the fame of the New Englanders in this perilous mode of industry... | |
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