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 works of ... Edmund Burke - Page 186by Edmund Burke - 1834Full view - About this book
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Commercial products - 1849 - 164 pages
...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,...enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pursued by this recent people ; a people who are... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - Massachusetts - 1849 - 396 pages
...ought rather to have raised their esteem and admiration ; for what in the world was equal to it ? " Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and fine sagacity of English enterprise ever carried this most perilous mode of hard industry to the extent... | |
| Massachusetts - 1849 - 336 pages
...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 pages
...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...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... | |
| James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow - Industries - 1850 - 616 pages
...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...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,... | |
| New Hampshire Historical Society - Local history - 1850 - 354 pages
...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...nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and 'Am sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hard industry to the extent... | |
| Edward Everett - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1850 - 716 pages
...eloquence which will be rehearsed as long as the English language is spoken.* But though he exclaims, " No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries, no climate that is not witness to their toils," the commerce and navigation of the colonies are scarce worthy of mention, in comparison with those... | |
| Success - Conduct of life - 1851 - 362 pages
...strike the harpoon on the 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 what is witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France,... | |
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