 ... (see the water), and looking forwards, I saw with infinite pleasure the great object of my mission — the long sought for majestic Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward. I...  Annual Register - Seite 418herausgegeben von - 1801Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Milner - 1876
...morning sun, about as broad as tlia Thumes at Westminster. "I hastened," he remarks, " to the brink, and having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the great Kuler of all ihiugs, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success." The events of this memorable... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - 1876
...eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in ¡•rayer to the Great Ruler of all things for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success." Benowm, a principal caravan station on the route from Senegal to Timbuctu. Yarra: here Major... | |
 | N. D'Anvers - 1877 - 392 Seiten
...as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and, having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent...things for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success." The great discovery was made, the Niger had been seen by European eyes; it was now known... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1878 - 392 Seiten
...as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly io the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent...things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success. The circumstance of the Niger's flowing towards the east, and its collateral points, did not,... | |
 | William Moister - 1879 - 387 Seiten
...the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, offered up my fervent thanks to the great Ruler of all things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success." Park found Sego, the capital of Bambarra, to be a town containing about 30,000 inhabitants,... | |
 | Evan Daniel - 1879
...Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the Great Euler of all things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success. The circumstance of the... | |
 | Jules Verne - 1880
...eastward. I hastened to the brink, and, having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in praj^er to the Great Ruler of all things for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success. " The fact of the Niger flowing towards the cast did not, however, excite my surprise ; for,... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - 1881 - 676 Seiten
...Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer...things for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success. " Benowm, a principal caravan station on the route from Senegal to Timbuctu. Yarra: here Major... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - 1881
...and flowing slowly to the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, 1 i I red up my fervent thanks in prayer to the Great Ruler...things for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success." Benowm, a principal caravan station on the route from Senegal to Timbuctu. Yarra: here Major... | |
 | Pictorial geographical reader - 1882
...Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer...things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success. ' The circumstance of the Niger's flowing towards the east, and its collateral points, did... | |
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