 A few years ago, the herring fishery employed all Grub Street; it was the topic in every coffee-house, and the burden of every ballad. We were to drag up oceans of gold from the bottom of the sea; we were to supply all Europe with herrings upon our own...  The Grampians Desolate: A Poem - עמוד 296מאת Alexander Campbell - 1804 - 316 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1907 - 312 דפים
...sea ; we were to supply all Europe with herrings upon our own terms. At present we hear no more of this. We have fished up very little gold that I can learn." — Works, Globe ed., p. 398. [Page 106. — "Amsterdam is a noble and populous city, and pre-eminent,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1909 - 566 דפים
...coffee-house and the burden of every ballad. We were to drag up oceans of gold from the bottom of the sea ; we were to supply all Europe with herrings upon our own terms.' Fish machines for carrying fish by land were established in 1761. See Appendix, Note 7. LAWS. ' Laws... | |
 | Arthur Michael Samuel - 1918 - 278 דפים
...coffee-house, and the burden of every ballad. We were to drag up oceans of gold from the bottom of the sea ; we were to supply all Europe with herrings upon our own terms. At present we hear no more of this. We have fished up very little gold that I can learn ; nor do we furnish the world with herrings... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1941 - 286 דפים
...lesssuccess. TheDutch"Gold Mine "remained predominantly in Dutch hands and Goldsmith observed: "We have picked up very little Gold that I can learn: nor do we furnish the world with herrings as was expected."2 In 1800, the crusade for the fisheries was still unsuccessful, and Jepson Oddy was still... | |
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