 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 of hardy industry to the extent, to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people...  The African Repository ... - Seite 1931834Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1853
...1774, is applicable at the present day to their descendants employed in the southern whale-fishery : "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 by this recent people." In 1843 the imports... | |
 | William Henry Bartlett - 1853 - 240 Seiten
...House of Commons. "No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries — no climate that is not witness of their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland,...firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried their most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pursued by this recent... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1853 - 170 Seiten
...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 to...perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, uor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of... | |
 | Haölé - 1854 - 493 Seiten
...polar cold. * * * 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... | |
 | 1854
...longitude, and pursue their ,ri,*antic game, along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to...Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of Prance, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most liorilous... | |
 | William Shaw Russell - 1855 - 203 Seiten
...grateful remembrance : " No sea, but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate- that is not witness of their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland,...firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried their most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pursued by this recent... | |
 | Allen Johnson, Gerhard Richard Lomer, Charles William Jefferys - 1919 - 214 Seiten
...inspired Edmund Burke's familiar eulogy: "No sea but is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not a witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of...of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of England ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed... | |
 | 1919
...inspired Edmund Burke's familiar eulogy: "No sea but is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not a witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of...of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of England ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed... | |
 | Ralph Delahaye Paine - 1919 - 214 Seiten
...inspired Edmund Burke's familiar eulogy: "No sea but is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not a witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of...of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of England ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed... | |
 | Ralph Delahaye Paine - 1919 - 214 Seiten
...Edmund Burke's familiar eulogy: "No » sea but is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not a witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of...of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of England ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed... | |
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