 Straits, whilst we are looking for them beneath the 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...  Talks on Teaching Literature - Page 144by Arlo Bates - 1906 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shepherd Benson - Merchant marine - 1924 - 208 pages
...behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson Bay and Davis Strait; while we look for them beneath the Arctic circle, we hear that they...discouraging to them than the 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,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1925 - 552 pages
...ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay and Davis's Straits, whilst we are looking for them beneath the Arctic...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,... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - United States - 1921 - 442 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...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,... | |
 | Daniel Chauncey Brewer - Immigrants - 1926 - 388 pages
...for the grasp of national ambition is but a stage and resting place in the progress of their vigorous industry. Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of both of the Poles. We know that while some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of... | |
 | Charles Austin Beard, Mary Ritter Beard - United States - 1927 - 840 pages
...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...the accumulated winter of both poles. We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude... | |
 | Samuel Eagle Forman - Industries - 1928 - 536 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...poles. We know, that while some of them draw the line or strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursue their gigantic game... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1993 - 412 pages
...Falkland Island, 34 which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, 35 is but a stage and resting-place in the progress of...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,... | |
 | Hershel Parker - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 1010 pages
...beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold. * * * Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to 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,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1997 - 720 pages
...ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay and Davis's Straits, whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic...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,... | |
 | Henry Flanders - Law of the sea - 1999 - 476 pages
...of the owner for the acts of the master within the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and a resting-place in the progress of their victorious...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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