 I could not help taking a more contemplative and extensive view of the vast inland navigation of these United States, from maps and the information of others ; and could not but be struck with the immense diffusion and importance of it, and with the goodness...  Life of George Washington - Page 434by Washington Irving - 1857Full view - About this book
 | John Marshall - 1807 - 840 pages
...vast inland navigation of these United States, and could not but be struck with the immense diffusion and importance of it ; and with the goodness of that Providence which has dealt his favours to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them. I... | |
 | Elkanah Watson - Agriculture - 1820 - 128 pages
...vast inland navigation of these United States ; and could not but be struck with the immense diffusion and importance of- it, and with the goodness of that Providence which has dealt his favours to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them."... | |
 | David Hosack - Celebrities - 1829 - 562 pages
...vast inland navigation of these United States, and could not but be struck with the immense diffusion and importance of it ; and with the goodness of that Providence which has dealt his favours to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them. I... | |
 | Railroad engineering - 1832 - 426 pages
...diffusion and importance of it, and with the goodness of that Providence who has dealt Ыз favursto us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wie dom enough to improve them !" Again — "1 am not for discouraging the exertions of any State to... | |
 | Edward Everett - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1836 - 654 pages
...vast inland navigation of these United States, and could not but be struck with the immense diffusion and importance of it ; and with the goodness of that Providence which has dealt his favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God, we may have wisdom enough to improve them !... | |
 | Henry O'Reilly - History - 1838 - 570 pages
...diffusion and importance of it, and with the goodness of that Providence who has dealt his favours with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom to improve them ! I shall not rest contented until I have explored the western country, and traversed... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - Banks and banking - 1840 - 444 pages
...diffusion and importance of it, and with the goodness of that Providence who had dealt His favours to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom to improve them '." The connexion of Lake Ontario with the Hudson by perfect canals, instead of the... | |
 | Orsamus Turner - Allegany County (N.Y.) - 1849 - 734 pages
...vast inland navigation of these United States, and could not but be struck with the immense diffusion and importance of it; and with the goodness of that Providence, which has dealt his favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them. I... | |
 | John Pickell - 1856 - 178 pages
...vast inland navigation of the United States, and could not but be struck with the immense diffusion and importance of it and with the goodness of that Providence which has dealt his favors with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them ! I shall... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 468 pages
...Prompted by these actual observations, I could not help taking a more extensive view of the vast inland navigation of these United States from maps and the...the goodness of that Providence which has dealt its favours to us with so profuse a hand; would to God, we may have wisdom enough to improve them. I shall... | |
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