Tales about Travellers: Their Perils, Adventures, and DiscoveriesT.J. Allman, 1864 - 194 Seiten Factual information about the explorations of John Ledyard, Mungo Park, John Burckhardt, Major Dixon Denham, Captain Hugh Clapperton, and John Davidson within a fictional framework. |
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... short time in this pursuit , he abandoned it also in despair . " His active spirit did not sink into de- spondency . An old friend of his father's , who commanded a vessel which traded to the Medi- terranean , received him on board as a ...
... short time in this pursuit , he abandoned it also in despair . " His active spirit did not sink into de- spondency . An old friend of his father's , who commanded a vessel which traded to the Medi- terranean , received him on board as a ...
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... short stay , he pro- ceeded up the Nile to Cairo , where the difficul- ties of his undertaking began to show them- selves . At Cairo he was detained nearly three months , waiting the arrival of a caravan with which he intended to travel ...
... short stay , he pro- ceeded up the Nile to Cairo , where the difficul- ties of his undertaking began to show them- selves . At Cairo he was detained nearly three months , waiting the arrival of a caravan with which he intended to travel ...
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... short stay at this place the vessel con- tinued her course up the river as far as Jonka- konda , where she was to take in a part of her cargo . Park therefore disembarked , and hav- ing a letter of introduction to an European , named ...
... short stay at this place the vessel con- tinued her course up the river as far as Jonka- konda , where she was to take in a part of her cargo . Park therefore disembarked , and hav- ing a letter of introduction to an European , named ...
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... short of a command . Park knew very well that if the king did not obtain the object of his wishes by fair means , he would do so by force , he there- fore at once pulled off his coat , and laid it at the monarch's feet . " From this ...
... short of a command . Park knew very well that if the king did not obtain the object of his wishes by fair means , he would do so by force , he there- fore at once pulled off his coat , and laid it at the monarch's feet . " From this ...
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... short , after robbing him of half his goods , they left him . " Dispirited and desponding under such treat- ment , Park and his companions passed the night by the side of a dim fire , nor did the dawn of another day bring to them any ...
... short , after robbing him of half his goods , they left him . " Dispirited and desponding under such treat- ment , Park and his companions passed the night by the side of a dim fire , nor did the dawn of another day bring to them any ...
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accompany adventures afford Africa Aleppo Ali's Arabs arrived attack attempt attendants bashaw Bedouins began begged Bhoo Khaloom Bornou boys bridle Burckhardt Cairo camels camp canoe Captain CAPTAIN COOK caravan carried chief Clapperton companions dangers Davidson delighted desert difficulty distance distress Eight Engravings empress England entered escape expedition exposed eyes farther fatigue Fellatahs followed friends hope horse hundred inhabitants Irkutsk Jarra Joag JOHN DAVIDSON John Ledyard journey Kaarta kafila Karfa kingdom Kouka LAKE TCHAD LAPLAND length Major Denham Mandingo miles Moorish Moors MUNGO PARK musket nearly negro Niger night Nubia obliged opportunity Park's party passed perilous perish plunder present proceed proceeded rain reached received remained resolved river rode round route Sackatoo sail sand savages says Park season sheikh slave snow soon sufferings sultan Syria thirst tion told took town tree tribe Tripoli UNCLE THOMAS TELLS vessel village voyage Wadnoon waiting wandering Yakutsk
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Seite 22 - I have observed among all nations, that the women ornament themselves more than the men ; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest.
Seite 73 - Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image? — surely not! Reflections like these would not allow me to despair. I started up, and disregarding both hunger and fatigue, travelled forwards, assured that relief was at hand ; and I was not disappointed.
Seite 22 - Tartar, if hungry, dry, cold, wet, or sick, woman has ever been friendly to me, and uniformly so ; and to add to this virtue, so worthy of the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry I drank the sweet draught, and if hungry ate the coarse morsel, with a double relish.
Seite 65 - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn.
Seite 72 - Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season — naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. All these circumstances crowded at once on my recollection, and I confess that my spirits began to fail me.
Seite 22 - I have known both hunger and nakedness to the utmost extremity of human suffering. I have known what it is to have food given me as charity to a madman ; and I have at times been obliged to shelter myself under the miseries of that character, to avoid a heavier calamity. My distresses have been greater than I have ever owned, or ever will own to any man. Such evils are terrible to bear ; but they never yet had power to turn me from my purpose.
Seite 72 - The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present sufferings. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was still under the protecting eye of that Providence who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend.
Seite 22 - I never addressed myself, in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden...
Seite 65 - The rites of hospitality being thus performed toward a stranger in distress, my worthy benefactress (pointing to the mat, and telling me I might sleep there without apprehension) called to the female part of her family, who had...
Seite 55 - With this view I put the bridle on my horse, and driving him before me, went slowly along for about an hour, when I perceived some lightning from the north-east, a most delightful sight, for it promised rain.