 a generous action: in so free and kind a manner did they contribute to " my relief, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught; and if hungry, " I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish.  Travels in the Interior of Africa - Page 136by Mungo Park - 1825 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
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...appellation of benevolence, — these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught, and if hungry, I ate the coarsest morsel, with a doable relish." 1i.rai.KTi Mr... EDITOR, — V the reticule has been ma<lc the vehicle of very profitable... | |
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...the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught, and if hungry, I ate the coarse morsel with a double relish." The sentiments of this enterprising traveller are thus expressed... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1823 - 334 pages
...thirsty, wet or sick, they did not hesitate, like Men, to perform " a generous action: in so free and kind a manner did they contribute to " my relief,..." I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish." PLACE the white man on Afric's coast, Whose swarthy sons in blood delight, Who of their scorn to Europe... | |
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...thirsty, wet or sick, they did not hesitate, like the men, to perform a generous action. In so free and kind a manner did they contribute to my relief, that...dry, I drank the sweetest draught, and if hungry, I eat the coarsest morsel, with a double relish." These are the people whose progressive improvement... | |
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...the appellation of benevolence,) these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that, if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught, and if hungry, I ate the coarse morsel with a double relish." Mr. Lucas, another gentleman, was engaged by the Association about... | |
 | Adam Hodgson - Canada - 1823 - 366 pages
...like the men, to perform a generous action. In so free and kind a manner did they contribute to rny relief, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught, and if hungry, I eat the coarsest morsel, with a double relish." These .are the people whose progressive improvement... | |
 | Adam Hodgson - Canada - 1824 - 442 pages
...wet or sick, they did not hesitate, like the " men, to perform a generous action. In so free " and kind a manner did they contribute to my " relief,...dry, I drank the sweetest " draught, and if hungry, I eat the coarsest " morsel with a double relish." These are the people whose progressive improvement... | |
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...worthy the appellation of benevolence), these actions have been performed in so free and kind a manner, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught ;...hungry, I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish." HOSPITAL NUNS. Louis XVI. wishing to improve the stale of the hospitals in France, sent a member of... | |
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...appellation of benevolence,) these actions have been performed in so free»and kind a manner, that, if I were dry, I drank the sweetest draught, and, if hungry, I ate the coarsest morsel, with a double relish." TO A LADY, WITH SOME FLOWERS FROM A ROMAN WALL. BV SIR WALTER. SCOTT. Take these flowers, which, purple-waving,... | |
 | Mrs. Hofland (Barbara) - Africa - 1828 - 314 pages
...hungry or thirsty, wet or sick, they did not hesitate like the men to perform a generous action. K 4 In so free and so kind a manner did they contribute...I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish.'" From these proofs of the amiable dispositions displayed by the women towards those with whom they had... | |
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