 No climate but what is 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 of hardy industry to the extent to which it...  Incidents of a Whaling Voyage - Pagina 125door Francis Allyn Olmsted - 1841 - 360 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Samuel Blodget - 1806 - 258 pagina’s
...industry. Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them, than the accumulated winter of both poles. We know that while some of them draw the line...along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed with their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland,... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 pagina’s
...draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude, and pursue the gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by*their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils Neither the perseverance of Holland,... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - 1816 - 458 pagina’s
...We know, that while some of them draw the line or strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, oihers run the longitude and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea, but what is vexed with their fisheries. No climate, that is not witness of their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland,... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - 1817 - 480 pagina’s
...to them than the accumulated winter of both poles. We know, that while some of them draw the line or strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others...along the coast of Brazil. No sea, but what is vexed with their fisheries. No climate, that is not witness of their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland,... | |
 | John Davis - 1822 - 410 pagina’s
...ei1urnoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon...gigantic game along the Coast of Brazil. No sea but it vexed by theif fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither t'lte perseverance... | |
 | John Davis - 1822 - 404 pagina’s
...eijuinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon...their gigantic game along the Coast of Brazil. No sea hut is vexed by theft fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance... | |
 | William Newnham Blane - 1824 - 530 pagina’s
...victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of the poles * We know that while some of them draw the...their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea that is not vexed by their fisheries ; no climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance... | |
 | William Newnham Blane - 1824 - 532 pagina’s
...industry. Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of the polesj We know that while some of them draw the line and...their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea that is not vexed by their fisheries ; no climate that is not witness to their toils* Neither the perseverance... | |
 | 1830 - 222 pagina’s
...draw the line and strike tho harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude, and pursue the gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. N» climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 pagina’s
...them drew the line and struck the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursued their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what was vexed by their fishenes. No climate that was not witness to their toils."* At the end of the war,... | |
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