... stain upon the enterprise and abilities of mankind, or 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! The Life of Bruce: The African Traveller - Page 353by Sir Francis Bond Head - 1830 - 535 pagesFull view - About this book
| Tobias Smollett - 1790 - 728 pages
...uj>on the enterprize and abilities of mankind, or adding this dc(ideratum for tb« eneouragoincrjt of geography. Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed...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... | |
| 1790 - 542 pages
...:l:i .upon the cr.'.-Tpri/e and abi>.f mankind, or adding this deiiJcratum for the encouragement of Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies, anil every companion was leading nearer and nearer to prefumpáon, when the place itlelf whu-e I ftood,... | |
| 1790 - 694 pages
...Sovereign, or wiping off this (lain upon the enterprife and abilities of mankind, or adding this defid'ratum for the encouragement of geography. Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in ir.y own mind, over kings anil their armies, and every com parifon was leading nearer and nearer to... | |
| 1790 - 614 pages
...or adding 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... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1790 - 630 pages
...mankind, or 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 - 564 pages
...or adding this defideratum for the encourigemen. of £co£rapliy. Though a mere private Briton, Í triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies; and evt-ry compar.fon was leading nearer and nearer to prefumpti^i, when the place itfelf wUerc I ftj^,... | |
| James Hardie - 1805 - 536 pages
...capable of gratifying the curiosity of his sovereign, or wiping off the stain upon the enterprize, and abilities of mankind, or adding this desideratum for the encouragement of geography fhough a mere private Briton. I triumphed here in my own mind over kings and their armies; and every... | |
| 1815 - 500 pages
...without having produced one man capable of gratifying the curiosity of his sovereign, or wiping off this stain upon the enterprise and abilities of mankind,...this desideratum for the encouragement of geography. voL. vi. 2 L are very difficult to be discerned, for all are allowed to be overgrown with the utmost... | |
| 1816 - 782 pages
...fovereign, or wiping off the ftain upon the enterprize and abilities of mankind, or adding this defideratum for the encouragement of geography. Though a mere...triumphed here in my own mind over kings and their armies ; aud every comPalefline, vifiting Hallia> Latikea, Aleppo, and parifon was leading nearer and nearer... | |
| John Adams - 1816 - 352 pages
...without having produced one man capable of gratifying the curiosity of his sovereign, or wiping off this stain upon the enterprise and abilities of mankind,...this desideratum for the encouragement of geography. The sources of the Nile have remained to our days as unknown as they were to antiquity, no good or... | |
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