Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: With Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyJ. & J. Harper, 1846 - 359 pàgines |
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... eyes of a rude people , with which he manufactured various arms and im- plements , was viewed by them as possessing a measure of superhuman power ; and he had thus been encouraged to advance pretensions to the character of a divinity ...
... eyes of a rude people , with which he manufactured various arms and im- plements , was viewed by them as possessing a measure of superhuman power ; and he had thus been encouraged to advance pretensions to the character of a divinity ...
Pàgina 67
... eyes ; and a degree of discouragement was felt , which prevented any other exploratory voyage from being undertaken for a considerable time into that part of the African continent . CHAPTER VI . French Discoveries . FRANCE did not ...
... eyes ; and a degree of discouragement was felt , which prevented any other exploratory voyage from being undertaken for a considerable time into that part of the African continent . CHAPTER VI . French Discoveries . FRANCE did not ...
Pàgina 78
... eye expressive of determined enterprise . Ledyard declared this scheme to be quite in unison with his own wishes ; and on being asked how soon he could set out , replied , " To - morrow . " Affairs were not yet quite so matured ; but he ...
... eye expressive of determined enterprise . Ledyard declared this scheme to be quite in unison with his own wishes ; and on being asked how soon he could set out , replied , " To - morrow . " Affairs were not yet quite so matured ; but he ...
Pàgina 87
... eyes , alleging that they resembled those of a cat . Hereupon he began seriously to consider the possibi lity of escape ; but besides his being closely watched , the Desert was now so entirely destitute of water , that he must have ...
... eyes , alleging that they resembled those of a cat . Hereupon he began seriously to consider the possibi lity of escape ; but besides his being closely watched , the Desert was now so entirely destitute of water , that he must have ...
Pàgina 89
... eyes , and he felt as if this life , with all its mingled joys and mi- series , was about to close , as if all the hopes of glory by which he had been impelled to this adventurous career had vanished , and he was to perish at the moment ...
... eyes , and he felt as if this life , with all its mingled joys and mi- series , was about to close , as if all the hopes of glory by which he had been impelled to this adventurous career had vanished , and he was to perish at the moment ...
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