 | 1799 - 614 oldal
...aist of July he came in sight of Sepo, and ' of the great object of his mission; the bug sought-for Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward.' — « I hastened to the brink,' says Mr. Park, ' and, having drank of the... | |
 | 1799 - 618 oldal
...zist of July he came in sight of Sego, and ' of the great object of his mission; the long sought-for Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the 'eastward.' — « I hastened to the brink,' says Mr. Park, ' and, having drank of the... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1799 - 524 oldal
...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 hastened to the brink, and, having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1807 - 594 oldal
...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 east'ward. I hastened to the 'brink, and, having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent... | |
 | John Bigland - 1811 - 588 oldal
...saw," says he, " 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 hastened ,$p the brink, and having drunk of the water, offered up my fervent... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1813 - 374 oldal
...forwards, I saw with infinite pleasure the great object of my mission ; the long sought for, majestic Niger, glittering to the morning s.un, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the east-ward. I hastened to the brink, and havmg drank of the water, lifted up my fervent... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1815 - 406 oldal
...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 hastened to the brink, and having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1815 - 336 oldal
...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 hastened to the brink, and having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent... | |
 | Catherine Hutton - 1821 - 564 oldal
...Europeans, the Neele of the Negroes, of the Arabs, and Moors, the Great river of the Mandingoes,'glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing to the eastward. I hastened to the brink, and drank of the water, with grateful adoration of that providence... | |
 | Edinburgh gazetteer - 1822 - 802 oldal
...Moors, aune at length to Segó, the capital of Bambarra, where he beheld " the long sought majestic Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward." He then traced its course downwards to Silla, and upwards to Bamrnakoo, where... | |
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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,... 
