But these are poor and narrow views of its importance. It has increased indefinitely the mass of human comforts and enjoyments, and rendered cheap and accessible all over the world the materials of wealth and prosperity. The Monthly critical gazette - Page 3411824Full view - About this book
| Pennsylvania - 1831 - 586 pages
...against the fury of the waters.'* — "Our improved sU am engine fought the battles of Europe, and now enables us to pay the interest of our debt, and to maintain the arduous struggle in which we are gtill engaged with the skill and capital of countries less oppressed with taxation. But these are poor... | |
| William Pinnock - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1833 - 738 pages
...pa'ge, thus speaks, in general terms, of the Steam Engine ; — " It fought tlie battles of Europe, and now enables us to pay the interest of our debt, and...the arduous struggle in which we are still engaged with the skill aad capital of countries unoppressed with taxation. But these are poor and narrow views... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 484 pages
...the late tremendous contest, the political greatness of our land. -.It is the same great power which enables us to pay the interest of our debt, and to maintain the arduous struggle in wlycp we are still engaged, with the skill and capital of countr«|» less oppressed with taxation.... | |
| Englishmen - 1837 - 260 pages
...that has fought the battles of Europe, and exalted and sustained, through the late tremendous contest, the political greatness of our land. It is the same...the arduous struggle in which we are still engaged, with the skill and capital of countries less oppressed with taxation. But these are poor and narrow... | |
| Francis Wayland - Economics - 1837 - 524 pages
...that has fought the battles of Europe, and exalted and sustained, through the late tremendous contest, the political greatness of our land. It is the same great power, which enables us to pay our national debt, and to maintain the arduous struggle in which we are still engaged,... | |
| Francis Wayland - Economics - 1837 - 502 pages
...that has fought the battles of Europe, and exalted and sustained, through the late tremendous contest, the political greatness of our land. It is the same great power, which enables us to pay our national debt, and to maintain the arduous struggle in which we are still engaged,... | |
| François Arago - Mechanization - 1839 - 154 pages
...that has fought the battles of Europe, and exalted and sustained, through the late tremendous contest, the political greatness of our land. It is the same...the arduous struggle in which we are still engaged, with the skill and capital of countries less oppressed with taxation. But these are poor and narrow... | |
| Dominique François J. Arago - 1839 - 290 pages
...that has fought the battles of Europe, and exalted and sustained, through the late tremendous contest, the political greatness of our land. It is the same...the arduous struggle in which we are still engaged, [1819], with the skill and capital of countries less oppressed with taxation. But these are poor and... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - Technology & Engineering - 1840 - 576 pages
...has fought the battles of Europe, " and exalted and sustained, through the late tremendous contest, the " political greatness of our land. It is the same...the arduous " struggle in which we are still engaged (1819), with the skill and capital of " countries less oppressed with taxation. But these are poor... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 622 pages
...that fought the battles of Europe, and exalted and sustained, through the late tremendous contest, the political greatness of our land. It is the same...the arduous struggle in which we are still engaged, [1819], with the skill and capital of countries less oppressed with taxation. But these are poor and... | |
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