 from the note the name and business of my visitor, I was struck with the manliness of his person, the breadth of his chest, the openness of his countenance, and the inquietude of his eye. I spread the map of Africa before him, and tracing a line from...  The Library of American Biography - Page 324by Jared Sparks - 1847Full view - About this book
 | James Hardie - Biography - 1802 - 486 pages
...inquietude of hi?- eyes. I o'pened the map of Africa before him, and tracing a line from Cairo to Sennar, and from thence westward, in the latitude and supposed direction of the Niger I told him, that was the rout by which I was anxious that Africa might, if possible, be explored. He said, he should think himself... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1828 - 636 pages
...Africa. ' Before,' says Mr. Beaufoy, ' I had learnt from the note the name and business of my visiter, I was struck with the manliness of his person, the...the Niger, I told him, that was the route, by which 1 was anxious that Africa might, if possible, be explored. He said, he should think himself singularly... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 558 pages
...association. Mr. Beaufoy spread before him a map of Africa, and tracing a line from Cairo to Sennar, and from thence westward in the latitude and supposed direction of the Niger, informed him that this was the route by which he was anxious that Africa might, if possible, be explored.... | |
 | Biography - 1815 - 558 pages
...association. Mr. Beaufoy spread before him a map of Africa, and tracing a line from Cairo to Sennar, and from thence westward in the latitude and supposed direction of the Niger, informed him that this was the route by which he was anxious that Africa might, if possible, be explored.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 552 pages
...association. Mr. Beaufoy spread before him a map of Africa, and tracing a line from Cairo to Sennar, and from thence westward in the latitude and supposed direction of the Niger, informed him that this was the route by which he was anxious that Africa might, if possible, be explored.... | |
 | Archibald Robbins - Sahara - 1821 - 294 pages
...traveller. " Before I had learned," says he, " from the note, the name and business of my visiter, I was struck with the manliness of his person, the...explored. He said he should think himself singularly fortnnate to be entrusted with the adventure. I asked him when he would set out? To-morrow morning,... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - Geography - 1823 - 512 pages
...says he, " from the note, the name and business of my 'visiter, I was struck with the manliness of lys person, the breadth of his chest, the openness of...he should think himself singularly fortunate to be entrusted with the adventure. I asked him when he would set out, 'To-morrow morning,' was his answer."... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin French - United States - 1825 - 378 pages
...inquietude of his eye. I spread the map of Africa before him, and tracing a line from Cairo to Senaar, and from thence westward in the latitude and supposed...he should think himself singularly fortunate to be intrusted with the adventure. I asked him when he would set out? To-morrow morning, was his answer."... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1828 - 646 pages
...from the note the name and business of my visiter, I was struck with the manliness of his per•on, the breadth of his chest, the openness of his countenance,...the Niger, I told him, that was the route, by which 1 was anxious that Africa might, if possible, be explored. He said, he should think himself singularly... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Explorers - 1829 - 332 pages
...inquietude of his eye. I spread the map of Africa before him, and tracing a line from Cairo to Sennar, and from thence westward in the latitude and supposed...direction of the Niger, I told him, that was the route, by \vhich I was anxious that Africa might, if possible, be explored. He said, he should think himself... | |
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