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" 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. "
A universal geography - Page 45
by Thomas Milner - 1850
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The Horticultural Register, Volume 5

Horticulture - 1836 - 498 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...men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from any European settlement. All these circumstances crowded at once upon my recollection, and I confess...
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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal

Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1836 - 436 pages
...Whatever way I turned (says Park), nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midit ]"' 8ve hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. At this moment, painfcd as my reflections were,...
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The Works of Thomas Dick, Volumes 1-4

Thomas Dick - 1836 - 682 pages
...touch that, or any other article, he would immediately ehoot him dead on the spot. He was thus left in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone, without food, and without the means of procuring it ; surrounded by savage animals, and by men still...
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Scientific Tracts, for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge ...

Peace - 1836 - 330 pages
...As he contemplated the gloomy prospect, despair of final success almost mastered him. He says — " At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small mdss in fructification, caught my eye. The whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers,...
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The African Repository, Volume 13

African Americans - 1837 - 424 pages
...the Niger. His theory was found to he correct in its detail•. ton, naked and alone, surrounded hy savage animals and men still more savage. I was five...hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. 1 considered my fate as certam, and tltat I had no alternative, hut to lie down and perish. The influence...
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The African Repository, Volume 13

African Americans - 1837 - 408 pages
...robbers. " After they were gone, I sat for some time looking around me with amazemeirt and terror. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness in the depth of the rainy iea* Reichard, a German Geographer, ought perhaps to be excepted. He adopted a modification of Park's...
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Memoirs of mrs. Mary Tatham, late of Nottingham

Joseph Beaumont, Mary Tatham - Methodist women - 1838 - 438 pages
...grounds of his fears, and the delicate means of the revival of his hopes : — " Whatever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulties. I saw...of the rainy season, naked and alone, surrounded by large animals, and men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement....
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Reading Book for the Use of Female Schools

Readers - 1839 - 428 pages
...strength was recruited. " Whatever way I turned," says Park, " nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness; in...reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances...
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The student's manual

John Todd - 1839 - 116 pages
...alone in the very heart of Africa. "Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in...hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. All these circumstances crowded at once on my recollection, and I confess that my spirits began to...
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The Young Man from Home

John Angell James - Christian life - 1859 - 196 pages
...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...hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. All these circumstances crowded at once on my recollection, and I confess that my spirit began to fail...
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