 I was anxiously looking around for the river, one of them called out, geo affili (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,...  Putnam's Monthly - Seite 5671855Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Donald Mackenzie - 1877 - 358 Seiten
...Mungo Park, who beheld the Niger with infinite joy on the 21st of July, 1796, at Sego, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly eastward. The course of the Niger was ascertained by Richard Lander in the year 1830. Inl822,Denhamand... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1878 - 440 Seiten
...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 io the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks... | |
 | William Moister - 1879 - 442 Seiten
...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 hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, offered up my fervent thanks to the great Ruler... | |
 | Evan Daniel - 1879 - 304 Seiten
...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 hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the... | |
 | Jules Verne - 1880 - 696 Seiten
...forward," he says, " I saw, with infinite pleasure, the great object of my mission — the long-sought-for, majestic Niger, glittering in the morning sun, as...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 praj^er to... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - 1881 - 718 Seiten
...Here," he writes, " I saw with infinite pleasure the great object of my mission — the kmg-sought-for majestic Niger, glittering in the morning sun, as...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... | |
 | Pictorial geographical reader - 1882 - 264 Seiten
...looking forwards, I saw with infinite pleasure the great object of my mission — the long-soughtfor majestic Niger, glittering in the morning sun, as...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... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1882 - 262 Seiten
...tho great object of my mission — the long-sought-for majestic Niger, glittering in the morning's sun, 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 thanks in prayer to tho... | |
 | 1888 - 600 Seiten
...reaching the banks of the long-sought-for Niger, and seen it, " with infinite pleasure, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward," he embarked upon its waters and sailed down as far as Boussa, thus marking, indeed, its continuous... | |
 | D. M. Kelsey - 1890 - 844 Seiten
...forward, I saw," said he, "with infinite pleasure, the great object of my mission, the long sought for majestic Niger, glittering in the morning sun, as...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... | |
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