 Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies; and every comparison was leading nearer and nearer to presumption, when the place itself where I stood, the object of my vain-glory, suggested what depressed...  The Lives of Celebrated Travellers - עמוד 304מאת James Augustus St. John - 1831תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Tobias Smollett - 1790 - 728 דפים
...adding this dc(ideratum for tb« eneouragoincrjt of geography. Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies; and every comparifon w^s leading nearer and nearer to preemption, when the place itfclf where I flood, the object... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1790 - 630 דפים
...adding this ddideratum for the encouragement of geography. Though a mere private Briton, 1 triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies; and every companion was leading nearer and nearer to preemption, when the place itfclf where I flood, the objcil... | |
 | 1790 - 614 דפים
...this defideratum • for the encouragement of geography. Though a mere private Briton, J triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies; and every comparifon was leading nearer and nearer to prefumption, when the place itfelf where I flood, the objeit... | |
 | James Bruce - 1813 - 534 דפים
...adding this desideratum for the encouragement of geography. Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies...triumph. I was but a few minutes arrived at the sources oi the Nile, through numberless dangers and sufferings, the least of which would have overwhelmed me,... | |
 | 1864 - 814 דפים
...DLXXIX. A this desideratum for the encouragement of geography. Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies...— suggested what depressed my shortlived triumph." It would have depressed it still more had he known that he was not in the place he sought. Where the... | |
 | Cabinet - 1824 - 440 דפים
...adding this desideratum for tl«p encouragement of geography. Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies...presumption, when the place itself where I stood, the objects of my vain glory, suggested what depressed my short-lived triumph. I was but a few minutes... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 דפים
...this desideratum for the encouragement of geography. Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed nere in my own mind over kings and their armies ; and every comparison was leading nearer and nearer to the presumption, when the place itself where I stood, the object of my vain glory, suggested what depressed... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - 1830 - 582 דפים
...adding this desideratum for the encouragement of geography. Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies...when the place itself where I stood, the object of my vain glory, suggested what depressed my shortlived triumph. I was but a few minutes arrived at the... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - 1830 - 560 דפים
...nearer -and nearer to presumption, when the place itself where I stood, the object of my vain glory, suggested what depressed my shortlived triumph. I...numberless dangers and sufferings, the least of which would Lave overwhelmed me, but for the continual goodness and protection of Providence. — I was, however,... | |
 | 1831 - 320 דפים
...adding the desideratum for the encouragement of geography. Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies...when the place itself where I stood, the object of my vain glory, suggested what depressed my short lived triumph. I was but a few minutes arrived at the... | |
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