 | 1790 - 542 頁
...: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 頁
...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... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 346 頁
...had been held out for a series of ages to every individual of those myriads these princes commanded, without having produced one man capable of gratifying...stain upon the enterprise and abilities of mankind, or aO this desideratum for the encouragement of geography. Mr. Bruce now proceeds to describe the sources... | |
 | James Hardie - 1805 - 536 頁
...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 頁
...been held out, for a series of ages, to every individual of those myriads these princes commanded, without having produced one man capable of gratifying...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... | |
 | John Adams - 1816 - 352 頁
...had been held out for a series of ages to every individual of those myriads these princes commanded, without having produced one man capable of gratifying...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... | |
 | 1816 - 782 頁
...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... | |
 | 1864 - 814 頁
...had been held out for a series of ages to every individual of those myriads these princes commanded, without having produced one man capable of gratifying...the enterprise and abilities of mankind, or adding ' Journal of the Discover}' of the Source of the Nile. ' By John Hanmng Speke, Captain HM Indian Army... | |
 | Cabinet - 1824 - 440 頁
...had been held out for a series of ages to every individual of those myriads these princes commanded, without having produced one man capable of gratifying...abilities of mankind, or adding this desideratum for tl«p encouragement of geography. Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in my own mind, over... | |
 | 1826 - 370 頁
...produced one man capable o£ gratifying the curiosity of his sovereign, or wiping off this stain on the enterprise and abilities of mankind ; or adding...here in my own mind over kings and their armies." From this feeling of exultation, a momentary transition took place in Bruce's mind to a sentiment of... | |
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... numbers which had perished, and agreed alone in the disappointment which had uniformly and without exception followed them all. Fame, riches, and honour had been held out for a series of ages to every individual... 
