| Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa - 1798 - 136 oldal
...satisfaction to behold the great object of his wishes — the long-sought majestick Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing majestically, but slowly, from west to east, through the middle of a very extensive town, which his... | |
| 1799 - 618 oldal
...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... | |
| 1799 - 614 oldal
...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... | |
| Mungo Park - 1799 - 520 oldal
...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
...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
...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
...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 - 336 oldal
...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 - 406 oldal
...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 - 602 oldal
...Negroes, of the Arabs, and Moors, the Great river of the Mandingoes, glittering to the morning sunr as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing...travelling, and eight in repose. CHAPTER V. SEGO. JOURNEY TO SJLLA. RETURN AS FAR AS KAMALIA. the capital of Bambarra, consists of four distinct towns,... | |
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