 | H. B. - 1835 - 334 Seiten
...says, " 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... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 Seiten
...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 drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent... | |
 | Robert Huish - 1836 - 824 Seiten
...says, " 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 - 1840 - 270 Seiten
...forward, I saw with 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
...its capital. This 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... | |
 | Robert Jameson - 1842 - 386 Seiten
...says he, " with infinite pleasure, the great object of my mission, the long-sought-for majestic Kiger, 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... | |
 | James Laurie - 1842 - 1098 Seiten
...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 flowing slowly to the eastward." He afterwards proceeded down the river to Silla, a large town on its south... | |
 | 1844 - 384 Seiten
...saw," says he, " with 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... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 Seiten
...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 drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent... | |
 | William Allen, Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson - 1848 - 586 Seiten
...the capital of Bambarra, where he had the gratification of seeing " the majestic Niger glittering in the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward." He traced the direction of this noble river — which the natives called Joliba... | |
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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,... 
