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 Evangelical Magazine - Page 3521807Full view - About this book
| A. L. O. E. - 1859 - 338 pages
...mosa near Kooma, and Park's own description of it- " I saw myself," he says, " in the midst of a vaat wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season, naked...by savage animals and men still more savage. I was fire hundred miles from any European settlement. My spirits began to fail me, and I thought I had no... | |
| Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1837 - 806 pages
...some time looking around me with amazement and terror. Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of a rainy season, naked and alone ; surrounded by savage animals and men still more savage. I was five... | |
| Mungo Park - 1860 - 434 pages
...some tune looking around me with amazement and terror. Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of...and I confess that my spirits began to fail me. I considered my fate as certain, and that I had no alternative, but to lie down and perish. The influence... | |
| Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...the world. Souih. PEO VIDENCE— Consolation respecting. Whatever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of...hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. At this moment, painful as my reflections wore, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss irresistibly... | |
| Selections - 1862 - 348 pages
...PAKE'S FINDING A TUFT OF GREEN MOSS IN THE AFKICAN DESERT. "Whatever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of...naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and men^till more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. At this moment,... | |
| William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 374 pages
...look-ing round me with a-maze-ment and ter-ror. Which-so-ev-er way I turned, noth-ing ap-peared but dan-ger and dif-ficul-ty. I saw my-self in the midst...and a-lone, sur-round-ed by sav-age an-i-mals, and by men still more sav-age. I was five hun-dred miles from the near-est Eu-ro-pe-an set-tle-ment. All... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1862 - 558 pages
...with amazement and terror. Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I found myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth...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... | |
| Pulchérie Money - 1863 - 476 pages
...unexpected hour. (Watson.) December 9. THE LORD IS AT HAND. Whatever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of...hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss irresistibly... | |
| 1863 - 316 pages
...some time looking round me with amazement and terror. Whichsoever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of...naked, and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and by men still more savage. 1 was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. All these... | |
| Thomas Bingley - 1864 - 232 pages
...some time looking around me with amazement and terror. Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of...and I confess that my spirits began to fail me. I considered my fate as certain, and that I had- no alternative but to lie dowa and perish. The influence... | |
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