 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 Cottager's monthly visitor - Pagina 1801846Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Thomas Dick - 1850 - 684 pagina’s
...touch that, or any other article, he would immediately shoot him dead on the spot. He was thus left in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone, without food, and without the means of procuring it; surrounded by savage animals, and by men still... | |
 | 1852 - 460 pagina’s
...were gone, I sat for some time looking around me with amazement and terror ; whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw...hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. All these circumstances crowded at once on my recollection ; and I confess, that my spirits began to... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 460 pagina’s
...were gone, I sat for some time looking around me with amazement and terror ; whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw...hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. All these circumstances crowded at once on my recollection ; and I confess, that my spirits began to... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 470 pagina’s
...were gone, I sat for some time looking around me with amazement and terror ; whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw...hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. All these circumstances crowded at once on my recollection ; and I confess, that my spirits began to... | |
 | Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward - 1852 - 196 pagina’s
...observations than by quoting a passage from the life of a celebrated traveller. " Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw...naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and man still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. All these circumstances... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pagina’s
...Dicranrnn bryoides iSee Hookers Muscol. Brit. p. 51.) "Whichever way I turned," says the traveller, " I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in...naked and alone ; surrounded by savage animals, and by men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from any European settlement. All these circumstances... | |
 | 1852 - 1162 pagina’s
...under the protecting eye of that Providence who has condescended to call himself the stranger's Friend. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this, to show from what trifling circumstances... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pagina’s
...were gone, I sat for some time looking anmnd nie with amazement and terror; whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw...I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settleincut. All these circumstances crowded at once on my recollection; and I confess, that my spirits... | |
 | 1853 - 616 pagina’s
...Africa, and on one occasion had almost resolved to lay himself down and die. "I saw myself," he says, "in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone, surrounded bv savage animals, and men still more savage. I was 500 miles from any European settlement, my spirits... | |
 | 1854 - 652 pagina’s
...celebrated African traveller, when alone in the very heart of Africa. " Whichever way I turned," he says, " nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw...surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage ; I ivas five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. I confess that my spirits began to fail... | |
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