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" 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 along the coast of Brazil. "
The North American Review - Page 101
edited by - 1834
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A General View of the Rise, Progress, and Brilliant Achievements of the ...

Greece - 1828 - 486 pages
...object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting place for their ambitious, and victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial heat more...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,...
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The Oriental Herald, Volume 20

Christianity - 1829 - 622 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, whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude...
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Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, Volume 20

James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1829 - 616 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, whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude...
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The Modern Traveller: A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and ...

Josiah Conder - Canada - 1829 - 466 pages
...too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and restingplace in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor...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,...
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Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 13

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1833 - 614 pages
...and too romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting-place for their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial...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 run...
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Literary Port Folio, Issues 1-26

1830 - 222 pages
...of polar cold ; that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south. Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them,...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...
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North America, Part 1

Josiah Conder - North America - 1830 - 396 pages
...too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and restingplace in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor...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,...
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The Academical Speaker: A Selection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from ...

Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 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 whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude,...
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History of the United States, from Their First Settlement as Colonies, to ...

Salma Hale - United States - 1830 - 330 pages
...ambition, is but a stage and resting place m the progress of their victorious industry. 27. " ]\or is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of both poles. We know that, while some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coasts of Africa,...
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The Academical Speaker: A Selection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from ...

Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 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 whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude,...
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