| Francis Allyn Olmsted - 1841 - 390 pages
...that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south. Falkland Islands which seemed too remote and romantic an object for...the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting place in the progress of their victorious industry, Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging... | |
| Francis Allyn Olmsted - 1841 - 400 pages
...beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south. Falkland Islands which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a... | |
| 1842 - 608 pages
...beneath the Arctic Circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen...romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, ia but a stage and resting-place in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen...the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting place in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 pages
...beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen...the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting place in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging... | |
| 1845 - 604 pages
...circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold ; that they are near the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent...too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of British ambition, is but a stage and resting-place, in the progress of their victorious industry !... | |
| Freeman Hunt - 1845 - 624 pages
...circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold ; that they are near the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent...too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of British ambition, is but a stage and resting-place, in the progress of their victorious industry !... | |
| 1845 - 604 pages
...circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold ; that they are near the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent...too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of British ambition, is but a stage and resting-place, in the progress of their victorious industry !... | |
| Charles Jared Ingersoll - 1845 - 544 pages
...remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and a resting place in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor...equinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accu37* mulated winter of both poles. We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the... | |
| 1846 - 594 pages
...the Arctic Circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of the polar cold ; that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south. Falkland Islands, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but... | |
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