 Brazil. 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...  The Maritime Law of Europe - Seite 183von Domenico Alberto Azuni - 1806Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Peter Burke - 1845 - 490 Seiten
...the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hard industry to the extent to which it has been pushed...are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood. When I contemplate these things ; when I know that the colonies... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...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 the perseverance of...are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood. When I contemplate these things ; when I know that the colonies... | |
 | 1846 - 594 Seiten
...enterprise, ever carried that most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pursued by this recent people : a people who are still, as...gristle, and not hardened into the bone of manhood.' " Such was the language of Burke, at a period in the history and progress of the whale fishery, when,... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1848 - 498 Seiten
...gigantic game along the coasts of Brazil. No sea but is vexed by their fisheries ; no climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of...are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood. " When I contemplate these things ; when I know that the colonies... | |
 | 1848 - 616 Seiten
...gigantic game along the coasts of Brazil. No sea but is vexed by their fisheries ; no climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of...are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood. ' When I contemplate these things ; when I know that the colonies... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1848 - 390 Seiten
...English enterprise ever carried this most perilous mode of hard industry to the extent to which it had been pushed 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. Through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1848 - 662 Seiten
...mode of hard industry to the extent, to which it has been pushed by this recent • Dwight's Travels. people ; a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood."* It is curious enough to compare with this splendid encomium... | |
 | 1848 - 600 Seiten
...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, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood. ' When I contemplate these things ; when I know that the colonies... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1849 - 396 Seiten
...English enterprise ever carried this most perilous mode of hard industry to the extent to which it had been pushed 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. Through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been... | |
 | New Hampshire Historical Society - 1850 - 354 Seiten
...the dexterous and 'Am sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hard industry to the extent to which it has been pushed...who are still as it were but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood." This trait in our character has since extended and been developed... | |
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