 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 pages
...remote and romantick an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting place in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor...Africa, others run the longitude, and pursue their gigantick game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 pages
...Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting-place in the progress of...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 - 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,... | |
 | Frances Wright - 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 - 1821 - 548 pages
...national ambition, is but a stage.and resting-place in the progress of their victorious industry ; nor ig the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them than...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,... | |
 | John Davis - 1822 - 404 pages
...but a stage and resting-p'ace in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor i* the eijuinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated...their gigantic game along the Coast of Brazil. No sea hut is vexed by theft fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance... | |
 | John Davis - 1823 - 416 pages
...Falkland Islands, which seemi too remote and romantic an object fur the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting-place in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor is the «,•••'•noctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of both the poles.... | |
 | John Davis - 1822 - 410 pages
...Falkland Islands, which seems too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is bvt a stage and resting-place in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor is the ei1urnoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We know... | |
 | William Newnham Blane - 1824 - 532 pages
...Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting-place in the progress of...discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of the polesj We know that while some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa,... | |
 | 1833 - 670 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...the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the Ion gitude, and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their... | |
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Arctic Circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of Polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the South. Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national... 
