 | Henry Smithers - 1825 - 534 pages
...1815. Mr. Canning, in one of his speeches to the people of Liverpool, thus eloquently describes — " That new and mighty power (new, at least, in the application...certainty and steadiness of a highway upon the land." In 1819, the steam-ship Savannah, Captain Rodgere, arrived in the port of Liverpool, in twenty-six... | |
 | George Canning - 1825 - 462 pages
...as it were, unexpected neighbourhoods, and new combinations of social and commercial relation; — and giving to the fickleness of winds and the faithlessness...a ship correctly ; though he might show from what quarters the winds of heaven blow, would be surely an incurious and an idle spectator of the progress... | |
 | George Canning - 1825 - 456 pages
...as it were, unexpected neighbourhoods, and new combinations of social and commercial relation; — and giving to the fickleness of winds and the faithlessness...a ship correctly ; though he might show from what quarters the winds of heaven blow, would be surely an incurious and an idle spectator of the progress... | |
 | Henry Burgess - 1826 - 166 pages
...power—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; accelerating...certainty and steadiness of a highway upon the land." Mr. Canning's Speeches at Liverpool. 4 THE END. Harvey, Dartt.n, and Co. Printers, Gracechtirch.strtet,... | |
 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 pages
...as it were, unexpected neighbourhoods, and new combinations of social and commercial relation : — and giving to the fickleness of winds and the faithlessness...describe a ship correctly, though he might show from what quarters the winds of heaven blow, would be surely an incurious and an idle spectator of the progress... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...as it were unexpected neighbourhoods, and new combinations of social and commercial relation;—and giving to the fickleness of winds and the faithlessness...of a highway upon the land ? Such a writer, though be might describe a ship correctly : though he might show from what quarters the winds of heaven blow,... | |
 | 334 pages
...and new combinations of social and commercial relation ; and -giving to the fickleness of winds and faithlessness of waves the certainty and steadiness...he might describe a ship correctly, though he might shew from •what quarters the winds of heaven blow, would surely be an incurious and an Idle spectator... | |
 | 1829 - 476 pages
...as it were, unexpected neighbourhoods, and new combinations of social and commercial relation;—and giving to the fickleness of winds and the faithlessness...describe a ship correctly; though he might show from what quarters the winds of heaven blow, would be surely an incurious and an idle spectator of the progress... | |
 | John Styles, Roger Therry - 1830 - 466 pages
...of social and commercial relation ; — and giving to the fickleness of winds and the faitblessness of waves the certainty and steadiness of a highway upon the land ? Such a writer, thongh he might describe a ship correctly ; thongh he might show from what qnarters the winds of heaven... | |
 | John Timbs - 1831 - 302 pages
...times. Steamboats — " these new and wonderful machines walk the water, like a giant rejoicing in his course ; stemming alike the tempest and the tide;...certainty and steadiness of a highway upon the land." ^-Canning's Speeches at Liverpool. According to M. Dupin, the human force of Great Britain employed... | |
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... the water, like a giant rejoicing in his course; stemming alike the tempest and the tide; accelerating intercourse, shortening distances; creating, as it were, unexpected neighbourhoods, and new combinations of social and commercial relation; and... 
