"Anglo-Saxondom" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the knowledge of them probably did not, for some years, travel beyond the limits of the French language. There is no satisfactory evidence that a boat was ever moved by steam, within the boundaries of Anglo-Saxondom, before John Fitch did it, on the 27th of July, 1786. His successful and every way brilliant experiment on that occasion led directly to practical results,—to wit, the formation of a company, embracing some ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 11, September, 1858 • Various |
