 | Evan Daniel - 1879 - 304 pages
...the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the Great Euler of all things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success. The circumstance of the Niger's flowing towards the east, and its collateral points, did not, however,... | |
 | Jules Verne - 1880 - 696 pages
...eastward. I hastened to the brink, and, having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in praj^er to the Great Ruler of all things for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success. " The fact of the Niger flowing towards the cast did not, however, excite my surprise ; for, although... | |
 | Pictorial geographical reader - 1882 - 264 pages
...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 Great Ruler of all...having thus far crowned my endeavours with success. ' The circumstance of the Niger's flowing towards the east, and its collateral points, did not however... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1882 - 262 pages
...hastened to the brink, and having drank of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to tho Great Ruler of all things, for having thus far crowned my endeavours with success.' Being forbidden to cross tho river, and regarded with fear and astonishment by tho natives, he could... | |
 | D. M. Kelsey - Africa, Central - 1890 - 844 pages
...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 Great Ruler of all things, for having thus far crowned my endeavors with success." Having been robbed of all his possessions by the Moors, Park had no presents... | |
 | Robert Brown - Africa - 1892 - 362 pages
...Photograph by the Purls Society for Ecangelical Missiont.) having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the Great Ruler of all things for having thus crowned my endeavours with success." It was market-day, and throngs of laughing villagers were hurrying... | |
 | Prescott Holmes - Adventure and adventurers - 1896 - 276 pages
...and flowing slowly to the east. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the Great Ruler of all things for having thus far crowned my efforts with success." Sego, the capital of Bambarra, consists of four distinct towns ; two on the... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Literary Criticism - 1897 - 324 pages
...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 great Ruler of all...having thus far crowned my endeavours with success." He had now indeed seen this mysterious stream, and ascertained the great fact of its flowing to the... | |
 | William Taylor - Africa - 1898 - 686 pages
...and flowing slowly to the east. I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the Great Ruler of all things for having thus far crowned my endeavors with success." Sego, the capital of the kingdom of Bambarra, consisted of four separate towns,... | |
 | Elizabeth Lee - 1901 - 302 pages
...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 Great Ruler of all...having thus far crowned my endeavours with success. The circumstance of the Niger's flowing towards the east, and its collateral points, did not, however,... | |
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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... 
