 We know that whilst 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 Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness...  Literary Port Folio - Page 641830Full view - About this book
 | Commerce - 1840 - 556 pages
...Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries; no climate that is not witness to their toil. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity...enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pursued hy this recent people,—a people who are... | |
 | Commerce - 1840 - 548 pages
...nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed...this recent people — a people who are still, as it were, in the growth, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood." This splendid testimony to... | |
 | Francis Allyn Olmsted - Hawaii - 1841 - 390 pages
...pursue their 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...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 - Hawaii - 1841 - 400 pages
...pursue their 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...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... | |
 | Commerce - 1842 - 600 pages
...Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries, no climate that is not witness to their toile. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity...by this recent people ; a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood." — Mr. Burke'» speech... | |
 | Commerce - 1842 - 608 pages
...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...of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of Gog. lish enterprise, ever carried this moat perilous mode of hard industry to the extent to which... | |
 | American Home Missionary Society - Evangelistic work - 1842 - 92 pages
...respecting the maritime enterprise of the Americans—" No sea but what is vexed with their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...pursue their gigantic game along the coasts of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither...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 - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...pursue their gigantic game along the coasts of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither...perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, aor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of... | |
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