 | 1908 - Страниц: 460
...region had done them conscious and purposed wrong. Mr. Webster voiced the stateman's view when he said : "What do we want with this vast worthless area, this...cactus and prairie dogs? To what use could we ever put those great deserts or endless mountain ranges impenetrable and coverd to their base with eternal... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore - 1885 - Страниц: 1136
...generally, closed with a few remarks concerning the country at large. " What do we want ?" he exclaimed, " with this vast, worthless area ? This region of savages...impenetrable and covered to their very base with eternal bope to do with the western irwusand miles, rock-bound, •4. -j»i not SL harbor on it? What served... | |
 | 1889 - Страниц: 784
...generally denouncing the measure, Webster exclaimed : " What do we want with this vast, worthless area f this region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts...impenetrable, and covered to their very base with eternal snow T What can we ever hope to do with the western coast, a coast of 8,000 miles, rbckbound, cheerless,... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1889 - Страниц: 390
...against a proposition to establish a mail route through a portion of the western country, as follows : " What do we want with this vast, worthless area —...these great deserts or those endless mountain ranges, impeneEDEN Of THE NORTH PACIFIC. 6 trable, and covered to their very base with eternal snow? What can... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1889 - Страниц: 396
...against a proposition to establish a mail route through a portion of the western country, as follows : " What do we want with this vast, worthless area —...and wild beasts, of deserts of shifting sands and whirl winds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs ? To what use could we ever hope to put these great... | |
 | 1899 - Страниц: 1588
...mouth of Columbia River, three thousand miles long. In closing a speech against the measure he said: "What do we want with this vast, worthless area? This region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts and shifting sands, and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs? To what use could we put these... | |
 | Edward H. Anderson - 1893 - Страниц: 182
...and forbidding portion of the vast western region of which the great statesman, Daniel Webster, said: "What do we want with this vast, worthless area? This...and covered to their very base with eternal snow?" Yet in the heart of this domain, the exiled Mormons chose to build their homes. They loved it because... | |
 | 1893 - Страниц: 640
...measure, voiced the popular estimation of the western half of the country in the following language: What do we want with this vast worthless area? This...could we ever hope to put these great deserts, or these endless mountain ranges, impenetrable and covered to their very base with eternal snow? What... | |
 | Oliver Woodson Nixon - 1895 - Страниц: 386
...the following words by our greatest orator, will always have their place: "What do we want with the vast, worthless area, this region of savages and wild...could we ever hope to put these great deserts, or these endless mountain ranges, impenetrable, and covered to their base with eternal snow ? What can... | |
 | Oliver Woodson Nixon - 1895 - Страниц: 390
...their place: "What do we want with the vast, worthless area, this region of savages and wild heasts, of deserts, of shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust,...could we ever hope to put these great deserts, or these endless mountain ranges, impenetrable, and covered to their base with eternal snow? What can... | |
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What do we want with this vast, worthless area? This region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts, of shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs? 
