 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 σελίδες
...romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting-place in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial...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,... | |
 | William Belsham - 1795 - 496 σελίδες
...arctic circle, they have pervaded the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the South. Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of the poles. Whilst some of them strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others pursue their gigantic... | |
 | Domenico Alberto Azuni - 1806 - 462 σελίδες
...gra^p of national ambition, " is but a stage and resting place, in the progress of their victo" rious industry ; 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... | |
 | Samuel Blodget - 1806 - 258 σελίδες
...the frozen serpent of the south. Falkland's island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting place to their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them, than the accumulated... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1807 - 560 σελίδες
...romantick an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and restingplace in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial...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,... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 σελίδες
...under the frozen serpent of the south. Falkland island, which seemed too 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 is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them,... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 σελίδες
...under the frozen serpent of the south. Falkland island, which seemed too 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 is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1813 - 768 σελίδες
...national ambition, is but a stage and resting-place m the progress of their victorious industry. Nor it 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,... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 σελίδες
...romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting-place in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial...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,... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1819 - 484 σελίδες
...romantic an object for the grasp of national ambitipn, is but a stage and resting-place in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial...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,... | |
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... 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... 
