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The Life of Henry Bell: The Practical Introducer of the Steam-boat Into ... - Page 35
by Edward Morris - 1844 - 183 pages
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Speeches of the Right Hon. George Canning

George Canning - 1825 - 462 pages
...at least, in the application of its might, — which walks the water, like a giant rejoicing in his course ; — stemming alike the tempest and the tide;...neighbourhoods, and new combinations of social and commercial relation; — and giving to the fickleness of winds and the faithlessness of waves the certainty and...
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Speeches Delivered on Public Occasions in Liverpool

George Canning - 1825 - 456 pages
...at least, in the application of its might, — which walks the water, like a giant rejoicing in his course ; — stemming alike the tempest and the tide;...neighbourhoods, and new combinations of social and commercial relation; — and giving to the fickleness of winds and the faithlessness of waves the certainty and...
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The National magazine and general review

James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 pages
...at least, in the application of its might, — which walks the water, like a giant rejoicing in his course : — stemming alike the tempest and the tide...neighbourhoods, and new combinations of social and commercial relation : — and giving to the fickleness of winds and the faithlessness of waves the certainty and...
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Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications

Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...water like a giant, rejoicing in his course ;—stemming alike the tempest and the tide;—accelerating intercourse, shortening distances ;—creating as...neighbourhoods, and new combinations of social and commercial relation;—and giving to the fickleness of winds and the faithlessness of waves, the certainty and...
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The Speech of the Right Hon. George Canning, Volume 6

George Canning - 1828 - 458 pages
...at least, in the application of its might — which walks the water, like a giant rejoicing in his course ; — stemming alike the tempest and the tide...neighbourhoods, and new combinations of social and commercial relation ; — and giving to the fickleness of winds and the faithlessness of waves the certainty and...
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The Quarterly biographical magazine

334 pages
...in the application of its might, — which walks the water like a giant rejoicing in his strength ; stemming alike the tempest and the tide ; accelerating...neighbourhoods, and new combinations of social and commercial relation ; and -giving to the fickleness of winds and faithlessness of waves the certainty and steadiness...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable George Canning, Volume 2

1829 - 476 pages
...water, like a giant rejoicing in his course;—stemming alike the tempest and the tide;—accelerating intercourse, shortening distances ;—creating, as...neighbourhoods, and new combinations of social and commercial relation;—and giving to the fickleness of winds and the faithlessness of waves the certainty and...
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A Treatise on the Principles, Practice, & History of Commerce

John Ramsay McCulloch - 1833 - 142 pages
...mail-coach travelling ! ' These new and wonderful machines walk the water, like a giant rejoicing in his course, — stemming alike the tempest and the tide,...waves, the certainty and steadiness of a high-way xipon the land.' — (Canning's Speeches at Liverpool.) But it is in river navigation that the influence...
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Select Speeches of the Right Honourable George Canning: With a Preliminary ...

George Canning - 1835 - 650 pages
...new, at least, in the application of its might — which walks the water like a giant rejoicing in his course; — stemming alike the tempest and the tide;...neighbourhoods, and new combinations of social and commercial relation; — and giving to the fickleness of winds and the faithlessness of waves the certainty and...
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The Penny Mechanic and Chemist: A Magazine of the Arts and Sciences, Volume 6

1841 - 488 pages
...the eloquent language of Channing — " new, at least, in the application of its might, which stalks the water like a giant rejoicing in its course —...neighbourhoods, and new combinations of social and commercial relation, and giving to the fickleness of winds and the faithlessness of waves, the certainty and steadiness...
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