| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...serpent of the south. Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting-place...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... | |
| Domenico Alberto Azuni - Maritime law - 1806 - 462 pages
...gra^p of national ambition, " is but a stage and resting place, in the progress of their victo" rious industry ; nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging...Africa, others run the longitude, and " pursue their gigantic g.ime along the co^ist ot Brazil. No sea, " bul what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate... | |
| Samuel Blodget - Business & Economics - 1806 - 258 pages
...remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting place to their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial...discouraging to them, than the accumulated winter of both poles. We know that while some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa,... | |
| Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...serpent of the south. Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantick an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and restingplace...coast of Africa, others run the longitude, and pursue the gigantick game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1813 - 768 pages
...national ambition, is but a stage and resting-place m the progress of their victorious industry. Nor it the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them, than...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... | |
| Rodolphus Dickinson - Elocution - 1815 - 214 pages
...serpent of the South, Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting-place...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... | |
| Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1816 - 458 pages
...remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting place for their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial...discouraging 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,... | |
| Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambitipn, is but a stage and resting-place in the progress 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... | |
| Frances Wright - Scholars - 1821 - 410 pages
...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...accumulated winter of both the poles. We know that while some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude,... | |
| Frances Wright - United States - 1821 - 880 pages
...equinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We know that while some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon...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... | |
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