 Falkland Island, 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 to them, than the accumulated...  The Eclectic Review - Pagina 372geredigeerd door - 1829Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1848 - 600 pagina’s
...resting-place in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We know that while some of thenl draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursue... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1848 - 662 pagina’s
...resting-place, in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial 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, on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1849 - 164 pagina’s
...them than the accumulated winter of both poles. We learn that, while some, of them draw the line or strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursue their gigantic same along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed with their fisheries; no climate that is not... | |
 | 324 pagina’s
...resting-place in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial 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 on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude,... | |
 | New Hampshire Historical Society - 1850 - 350 pagina’s
...resting place in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoxial 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 on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude... | |
 | Success - 1851 - 362 pagina’s
...resting-place in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of both the poles....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... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1851 - 544 pagina’s
...them than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We learn that, while some of them draw the line or strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others...pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil." These are the seas that are still vexed by the American fisheries, which have been pushed, however,... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow - 1852 - 490 pagina’s
...resting-place in the progress of their vigorous industry. Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of both the poles....of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coasts of Africa, others run the longitude and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil.... | |
 | William Henry Seward - 1852 - 48 pagina’s
...heat more discouraging to theni than the accumulated winter of both the Poles. We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon...Africa, others run the longitude, and pursue their figantic game along the coast of Brazil. No ocean but what is vexed with their sheries, no climate... | |
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