 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
 | H. B. - 1835 - 334 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 drank of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 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... | |
 | Robert Huish - 1836 - 824 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 drank of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1840 - 262 Seiten
...infinite pleasure the great object of my mission, the long-sought and majestic Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slow. ly to the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and, having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1841 - 1052 Seiten
...formed a crisis in African geography, for he there saw "the long-sought majestic Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowlyto the eastward. " The extent of the city, its crowded population, and the numerous canoes on... | |
 | James Laurie - 1842 - 1098 Seiten
...1st of the following July reached the banks of the Niger — the grand object of his journey — " glittering in the morning sun, as broad as the Thames...Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward." He afterwards proceeded down the river to Silla, a large town on its south bank, 18° east of Cape... | |
 | System - 1842 - 894 Seiten
...21st of the following July reached the banks of the Niger — the grand object of his journey — " glittering in the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and Sowing slowly to the eastward." He afterwards proceeded down the river to Silla, a large town on its... | |
 | 1844 - 384 Seiten
...infinite pleasure, the great object of my mission, the loag-spught-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... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 Seiten
...Muugo Park was wandering on foot through the kingdom of Bambara, where his hopes were crowned, and he saw "the long-sought majestic Niger, glittering in the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at AVcstminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward." From that period discovery proceeded, but much in... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 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... | |
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