 | James Hardie - 1802 - 486 pages
...the direction of the intended journey. " Before I had learned from the note," says Mr.- Beaufoy, " the name and business of my visitor, I was struck...openness of his countenance, and the inquietude of hi?- eyes. I o'pened the map of Africa before him, and tracing a line from Cairo to Sennar, and from... | |
 | 1801 - 432 pages
...To-morrow morning," replied Ledyard, without hesitation. At this ..interview, Sir Joseph declares that he was struck with the manliness of his person, the breadth...of his countenance, and the inquietude of his eye. Though scarcely exceeding the middle size, his figure expressed great strength and activity. Despising... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 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...Africa before him, and tracing a line from Cairo to Sennaar, and from thence westward in the latitude and supposed direction of the Niger, I told him,... | |
 | 1817 - 592 pages
...inquisitive and adventurous, unsubdued by difficulties and unappalled by dangers. He was particularly struck with the manliness of his person, the breadth...openness of his countenance and the inquietude of his eye ; his figure, scarcely above the middle size, expressed great strength and activity. Such was the person... | |
 | 1817 - 610 pages
...inquisitive and adventurous, unsubdued by difficulties and unappalled by dangers. He was particularly struck with the manliness of his person, the breadth...openness of his countenance and the inquietude of his eye ; his figure, scarcely above the middle size, expressed great strength and activity. Such was the person... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 628 pages
...formed for a traveller. Sir Joseph Banks was struck at the first interview, ' with the manli' ness of his person, the breadth of his chest, the openness...his ' countenance, and the inquietude of his eye.' He was intrepid, but prudent, and his manners were extremely prepossessing. Mr. Lucas was the next... | |
 | 1834 - 566 pages
...constitution of iron. No stranger could help being struck, as Sir Joseph Banks was with Ledyard, ' with the breadth of his chest, the openness of his countenance, and the inquietude of his eye.' He was gifted in an eminent degree with that passive courage which is so requisite a qualification... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 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...Africa before him, and tracing a line from Cairo to Sennaar, and from thence westward in the latitude and supposed direction of the Niger, I told him that... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin French - 1820 - 370 pages
...interview, strongly marks the character of this hardy traveller. " Before I had learned," says he, "from the note the name and business of my visitor,...Africa before him, and tracing a line from Cairo to Senaar, and from thence westward in the latitude and supposed direction of the Niger, I told him that... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin French - 1825 - 378 pages
...hardy 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...Africa before him, and tracing a line from Cairo to Senaar, and from thence westward in the latitude and supposed direction of the Niger, I told him that... | |
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Before I had learned 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. 
