 Not only are these rivers as rapid as the Rhone, but in their crooked course, they imitate to perfection a snake's undulations. Hence, for instance, on every turn of the Mississippi, it would be necessary to wait for a change of...  Landmarks of Detroit: A History of the City - Page 122by Robert Budd Ross, George Byron Catlin - 1898 - 1183 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1848 - 278 pages
...them than in the Apocalypse. What ! Is it expected that, for any commercial or profitable purposes, boats will ever be able to run up the Mississippi, into the Wabash, the Missouri, or the Red River ? One might as well try to bite a slice off the moon I Not only are those rivers as rapid as... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1851 - 568 pages
...them than in the Apocalypse. What! Is it expected that, for any commercial or profitable purposes, boats will ever be able to run up the Mississippi, into the Wabash, the Missouri, or the Red River? One might as well try to bite a slice off the moon ! Not only are these rivers as rapid as the... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1854 - 552 pages
...them than in the Apocalypse. What ! Is it expected that, for any commercial or profitable purposes, boats will ever be able to run up the Mississippi, into the Wabash, the Missouri, or the Red River ? One might as well try to bite a slice off the moon ! Not only are these rivers as rapid as... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1854 - 552 pages
...them than in the Apocalypse. What ! Is it expected that, for any commercial or profitable purposes, boats will ever be able to run up the Mississippi, into the Wabash, the Missouri, or the Red River? One might as well try to bite a slice off tlie moon I Not only are these rivers as rapid as... | |
 | Benjamin John Wallace, Albert Barnes - Presbyterian Church - 1857 - 722 pages
...them, than in the Apocalypse. What! is it expected that for any commercial or profitable purposes, boats will ever be able to run up the Mississippi into the Wabash (Ohio,) Missouri, or Red River ? One might as well try to bite a slice off the moon! Not only are these... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1866 - 932 pages
...them than in the Apocalypse. What! Is it expected that, for any commercial or profitable purposes, boats will ever be able to run up the Mississippi, into the Wabash, the Missouri, or the lied River? One might as well try to bite a -slice off the moon ! Not only are these rivers as rapid... | |
 | Nathan Howe Parker - Missouri - 1867 - 504 pages
...in them than in the Apocalypse. What ! is it expected that for any commercial or profitable purposes boats will ever be able to run up the Mississippi into the Wabash, the Missouri, or the Red River? One might as well try to bite a slice off the moon ! Not ouly are these rivers as rapid as the... | |
 | Nathan Howe Parker - Missouri - 1867 - 494 pages
...in them than in the Apocalypse. What ! is it expected that for any commercial or profitable purposes boats will ever be able to run up the Mississippi into the Wabasli, the Missouri, or the Red River ? One might as well try to bite a slice off the moon ! Not... | |
 | American essays - 1868 - 798 pages
...wrote back to the Ministry : " What ! Is it expected that for any commercial or profitable purposes boats will ever be able to run up the Mississippi into the Wabash, the Missouri, or the Red River ? One might as -well t>y to bite a slice off the moon. Not only are these rivers as rapid as... | |
 | American literature - 1868 - 784 pages
...wrote back to the Mmistry : " What ! Is it expected that for any commercial or profitable purposes boats will ever be able to run up the Mississippi into the Wabash, the Missouri, or the Red River ? One might as -well try to bite a slice off the moon. Not only are these rivers as rapid as... | |
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