The life of David LivingstoneWalter Scott, Limited, 1884 |
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... gave a brief and modest sketch of his early years , together with some account of the humble , although notable family from which he could trace his descent . " One great- grandfather , " he tells us , " fell at the battle of Culloden ...
... gave a brief and modest sketch of his early years , together with some account of the humble , although notable family from which he could trace his descent . " One great- grandfather , " he tells us , " fell at the battle of Culloden ...
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... gave little token of the hardy physique which was to enable him afterwards to undergo months and years of toilsome journeyings in regions never before visited by civilised man ; but this trial trip proved the pluck and stamina which ...
... gave little token of the hardy physique which was to enable him afterwards to undergo months and years of toilsome journeyings in regions never before visited by civilised man ; but this trial trip proved the pluck and stamina which ...
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... gave him greater pleasure than the getting Livingstone to listen to his reading of the Bible . Isaiah was his favourite book ; and he would frequently say , " He was a fine man , Isaiah ; he knew how to speak . " Sympathising with the ...
... gave him greater pleasure than the getting Livingstone to listen to his reading of the Bible . Isaiah was his favourite book ; and he would frequently say , " He was a fine man , Isaiah ; he knew how to speak . " Sympathising with the ...
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... get everything I wish from them . I cannot hinder them from going where they like . " The Boers had broken up and sacked several mission stations , and conquered the tribes which gave them shelter 50 LIFE OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE , LL.D.
... get everything I wish from them . I cannot hinder them from going where they like . " The Boers had broken up and sacked several mission stations , and conquered the tribes which gave them shelter 50 LIFE OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE , LL.D.
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J S. Robertson. stations , and conquered the tribes which gave them shelter , carrying away men and women as slaves . But the friendly Bakwains escaped for a time , and they did not dare to attack them until Livingstone was absent on his ...
J S. Robertson. stations , and conquered the tribes which gave them shelter , carrying away men and women as slaves . But the friendly Bakwains escaped for a time , and they did not dare to attack them until Livingstone was absent on his ...
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abundant animals Arabs armed arrived attack Bagamoyo Bakwains Balonda banks Batoka Bechuanas Bushmen called canoes carried Cazembe Central Africa chief civilised cloth coast David Livingstone despatch discoveries district elephants English expedition explorer feet fever friends gave Geographical grass guns hippopotami hundred miles huts interior island ivory journey Kaffres Kilimane killed kind Kirk Kolobeng Kuruman labour Lake Ngami Lake Nyassa Lake Tanganyika land Leeambye letters Linyanti Living Livingstone Loanda Lualaba Makololo Manganja Manyema missionary months natives never night Nile party passed Portuguese present Quango reached regions river round Rovuma savage says Sebituane Sechele seen Sekeletu sent Sesheke shew Shinte Shire shore Sir Roderick Murchison slave trade spears Speke Stanley stone stream suffered Tanganyika Tete thousand town traveller trees tribes tusks Ujiji Unyanyembe valley village waggon women yards Zambesi Zanzibar
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41 ページ - It caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain nor feeling of terror, though quite conscious of all that was happening. It was like what patients partially under the influence of chloroform describe, who see all the operation, but feel not the knife. This singular condition was not the result of any mental process. The shake annihilated fear, and allowed no sense of horror in looking round at the beast. This peculiar state is probably produced in all animals killed by the caruivora;...
51 ページ - I left behind. The Boers resolved to shut up the interior, and I determined to open the country; and we shall see who have been most successful in resolution — they or I.
193 ページ - For why ? because the good old rule Sufficeth them, — the simple plan, That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep, who can.
8 ページ - Merrily, merrily goes the bark On a breeze from the northward free, So shoots through the morning sky the lark, Or the swan through the summer sea. The shores of Mull on the eastward lay, And Ulva dark and Colonsay, And all the group of islets gay That guard famed Staffa round.
41 ページ - The shock produced a stupor similar to that which seems to be felt by a mouse after the first shake of the cat. It caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain nor feeling of terror, though quite conscious of all that was happening.
41 ページ - Creator for lessening the pain of death. Turning round to relieve myself of the weight, as he had one paw on the back of my head, I saw his eyes directed to Mebalwe, who was trying to shoot him at a distance of ten or fifteen yards.
41 ページ - Starting, and looking half round, I saw the lion just in the act of springing upon me. I was upon a little height. He caught my shoulder as he sprang, and we both came to the ground below together. Growlixg horribly close to my ear, he shook me as a terrier dog does a rat.
128 ページ - It does not matter, you have opened a path for us, and we shall have sleep.' Strangers from a distance come flocking to see me, and seldom come empty-handed. I distribute all presents among my men.
247 ページ - Well, I will tell you what you will do. Draw a thousand pounds now; and when you have gone through that, draw another thousand, and when that is spent, draw another thousand, and when you have finished that, draw another thousand, and so on; but, FIND LIVINGSTONE.
320 ページ - For thirty years his life was spent in an unwearied effort to evangelize the native races, to explore the undiscovered secrets, and abolish the desolating...