 | Tobias Smollett - 1790 - 728 strani
...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...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,... | |
 | 1790 - 542 strani
...: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 strani
...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... | |
 | James Hardie - 1805 - 536 strani
...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... | |
 | James Bruce - 1813 - 534 strani
...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,...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... | |
 | 1815 - 500 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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... | |
 | 1864 - 814 strani
...Geographical ••xiciety, 4c. W. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. 1863. VOL. XCV. — NO. DLXXIX. A this desideratum for the encouragement of geography....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... | |
 | Cabinet - 1824 - 440 strani
...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, or adding this desideratum for tl«p encouragement of geography. Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in my own mind, over... | |
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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 vainglory, suggested what depressed... 
