 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...  The Eclectic Review - Pagina 372geredigeerd door - 1829Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1849 - 336 pagina’s
...nor the aetivity of France, nor the dexterous and fine sagaeity of English enterprise, ever earried this most perilous mode of hard industry to the extent to which it has bcen pushed by this recent people; a people whe are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not... | |
 | 324 pagina’s
...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...to which it has been pushed by this recent people." We, who from this small island have by our valour and fortune extended an empire to the furthest limits... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1850 - 716 pagina’s
...contrasted with what has * Speech on Conciliation with America. •» Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and...ever carried this most perilous mode of hard industry (the whale fishery) to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people — a people who... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell (Q.), William MacCreary Burwell - 1850 - 628 pagina’s
...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...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,... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow - 1850 - 616 pagina’s
...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...enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to whieh it has been pushed by this recent people, a people who are still,... | |
 | William Shaw Russell - 1851 - 184 pagina’s
...No climate, that is not witness of their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activy of France, nor the dexterous and 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... | |
 | Success - 1851 - 362 pagina’s
...activity of France, nor the dexterous, firm sagacity of England, ever carried this perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people—a people who are still, as it were, in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pagina’s
...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...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,... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 976 pagina’s
...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...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... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 968 pagina’s
...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...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,... | |
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