 Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them, than the accumulated winter of both the poles. 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...  African Repository and Colonial Journal - Seite 1931834Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1829 - 616 Seiten
...discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We know, that, whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast...along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries, — no climate that is not witness to their toils.' Such was the portrait of America... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1829 - 466 Seiten
...discouraging to them, than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast...along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland,... | |
 | 1829 - 622 Seiten
...discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We know, that, whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast...and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Hrazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries, — no climate that is not witness to their toils.'... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1833 - 614 Seiten
...them than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We learn that, while some of them draw the line or strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others...pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil." These are the seas that are still vexed by the American fisheries, which have been pushed, however,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 Seiten
...discouraging to them, than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We know, that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast...along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland,... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 396 Seiten
...discouraging to them, than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast...along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland,... | |
 | 1830 - 222 Seiten
...accumulated winter of both the poles. We know that while some of them draw the line and strike tho 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 vexed by their fisheries. N» climate... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 Seiten
...resting places in the progress of their victorious industry. Whilst some of them drew the line and struck the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursued their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what was vexed by their fisheries.... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 Seiten
...them drew the line and struck the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursued their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what was vexed by their fishenes. No climate that was not witness to their toils."* At the end of the war,... | |
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