 Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone ; surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage.  The Evangelical Magazine - Side 3521807Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1837 - 424 sider
...the Niger. His theory was found to he correct in its detail•. ton, naked and alone, surrounded hy savage animals and men still more savage. I was five...hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. 1 considered my fate as certam, and tltat I had no alternative, hut to lie down and perish. The influence... | |
 | 1837 - 408 sider
...robbers. " After they were gone, I sat for some time looking around me with amazemeirt and terror. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness in the depth of the rainy iea* Reichard, a German Geographer, ought perhaps to be excepted. He adopted a modification of Park's... | |
 | Joseph Beaumont, Mary Tatham - 1838 - 438 sider
...the revival of his hopes : — " Whatever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulties. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in...of the rainy season, naked and alone, surrounded by large animals, and men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement.... | |
 | John Todd - 1839 - 116 sider
...and feelings when alone in the very heart of Africa. "Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of...and I confess that my spirits began to fail me. I considered my fate as certain, and that I had no alternative but to lie down and perish. The influence... | |
 | John Angell James - 1859 - 196 sider
...some time, looking around me with amazement and terror. Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of...at once on my recollection, and I confess that my spirit began to fail me. I considered my fate as certain, and that I had no alternative but to lie... | |
 | 1839 - 428 sider
...oasis, where his strength was recruited. " Whatever way I turned," says Park, " nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of...hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification... | |
 | Henry Butter - 1839 - 190 sider
...some time, looking around me with amazement and terror. Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of...naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and by men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. All these... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - 1839 - 256 sider
...aptitude and tendency of the mind in the happiest manner. " I saw myself," says this amiable man, " in the midst of a vast wilderness in the depth of...surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage : I considered my fate as certain, and I had no other alternative, but to lie down and perish. I was indeed... | |
 | 536 sider
...some time looking around me with amazement and terror. Whichever way 1 turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of...vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season, nuked and alone ; surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage. I was five hundred miles... | |
 | John Kearsley Mitchell - 1839 - 228 sider
...just about to die,* * "I saw myself," says Park, " in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depths of the rainy season, naked and alone, surrounded by...savage animals and men still more savage. * * * I considered my fate as certain, and that I had no alternative, but to lie down and perish. * * * At... | |
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