 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
 | Francis Thayer Russell - Elocution - 1882 - 330 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 - 1885 - 494 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 - 1885 - 520 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 - 1893 - 780 pages
...few years ago the herring fishery employed all Grub Street; it was the topic in every coffeehouse, -i«» saying, he gave each a large piece of t;ijij;erbread, sea; we were to supply all Europe with herrings upon our own terms. At present we hear no more nf all... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1903 - 310 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... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - Great Britain - 1907 - 294 pages
...wrote in 1759, "the herring fisheries employed all Grub Street ; it was the topic of 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... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - Great Britain - 1907 - 312 pages
...herring fisheries employed all Gruh Street ; it was the topic of every coffeehouse, and the hurdeu 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, George Ostler - 1909 - 568 pages
...few years ago, the herring fishery occupied 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.' Fish machines for carrying fish... | |
 | Arthur Michael Samuel - Atlantic herring - 1918 - 278 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... | |
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