 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 all this. We have fished up very little gold that I can learn ; nor do we furnish the world with...  Essays - Page 76by Oliver Goldsmith - 1765 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 364 pages
...few years ago, the herring fishery employed all Grub Street ; it was the topic in every coffeehouse, 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 538 pages
...few years ago the herringfishery employed all Grub-strect: 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 terms. At present, we hear no more of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 480 pages
...few years ago the herringfishery 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 terms. At present, we hear no more of... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1854 - 398 pages
...and uniform." " The former has, on many occasions, a sublimity | to which the latter never attains." "We were to drag up oceans of gold | from the bottom of the sea." " There is nothing which we estimate so fallaciously | as the strength of our own resolutions."... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1855 - 582 pages
...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 terms. At present we hear no more of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 448 pages
...few years ago the herringfishery 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 terms. At present we hear no more of this.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 604 pages
...herring fishery employed all Grub-street ; 'it was the topic in every coffeehouse, and the burthen 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 610 pages
...the herring fishery employed all Grub-street ; it was the topic in every coffeehouse, and the burthen 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1858 - 336 pages
...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 terms. At present we hear no more of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - England - 1859 - 618 pages
...few years ago, the herring-fishery employed all Grub Strcet ; it was the topic in every coffce-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... | |
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