 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
 | James Augustus St. John - 1859 - 396 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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 466 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 iu prayer to the... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1860 - 434 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... | |
 | 1862 - 776 Seiten
...Bambarra, beheld "the great object of his 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." "The circumstance of the Niger's flowing towards the east, and its collateral points, did not, however,... | |
 | Thomas Bingley - 1864 - 232 Seiten
...— See the water! — and looking forwards, Park beheld, with infinite pleasure, the long-sought-for majestic Niger, glittering in the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster. He hastened to the brink, and having drank of the water, he lifted up his fervent thanks in prayer... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1866 - 432 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 ifie eastward, I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1866 - 712 Seiten
...African geography, for he there saw * the longs' tight majestic Niger, glittering to the morning Min. as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward.' The extent of the city, ite crowded population, and the numerous canoes on the river, presented altogether... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 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... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - 1870 - 356 Seiten
...Here," he writes, " 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 prayer to the... | |
 | Samuel Mossman - 1870 - 344 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... | |
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