 | History - 1793 - 532 pages
...capable of gratifying the curioiity of his fovercign, wiping oft" this llain upon the enterprife ami abilities of mankind, or adding this defideratum for the encouragement of geography. " Sefottris, .one of the earliefl and jjreateft conquerors of antiquity, is mentioned, aniidft all... | |
 | History - 1790 - 522 pages
...•capable of gratifying the curiofity of bis fovereign, or wiping off this itain upon the enterprife and abilities of mankind, or adding this defideratum for the encouragement of geography. Mr. Bruce defcribes the fources of ..the Nile, which have, as he fays, remained to our days as unknown... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1790 - 728 pages
...uj>on the enterprize and abilities of mankind, or adding this dc(ideratum for tb« eneouragoincrjt of geography. Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed...here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies; and every comparifon w^s leading nearer and nearer to preemption, when the place itfclf where I flood,... | |
 | 1790 - 614 pages
...capable of gratifying tlie curioiity of his fovereign, or wiping off this (lain upon the emerprife and abilities of mankind, or adding this defideratum...encouragement of geography. Though a mere private Briton, J triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies; and every comparifon was leading nearer... | |
 | English literature - 1790 - 542 pages
...:l:i .upon the cr.'.-Tpri/e and abi>.f mankind, or adding this deiiJcratum for the encouragement of Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies, anil every companion was leading nearer and nearer to prefumpáon, when the place itlelf whu-e I ftood,... | |
 | English literature - 1790 - 694 pages
...Sovereign, or wiping off this (lain upon the enterprife and abilities of mankind, or adding this defid'ratum for the encouragement of geography. Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in ir.y own mind, over kings anil their armies, and every com parifon was leading nearer and nearer to... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1793 - 544 pages
...man capable of gratifying t^e curiodty of his fovereign, wiping off this (lain upon the enterprise 'and abilities of mankind, or adding this defideratum for the encouragement of geography. " Sefollris, one of the earliefl and greatsfl conquerors of antiquity, is mentioned, amidfl all his... | |
 | History - 1793 - 542 pages
...capable of gratifying the curiolity of his fovereign, wiping off this ftâin upon thé enterprise nnd abilities of mankind, or adding this defideratum for the encouragement of geography. " Sefollris, one of the earlicft and greateft conquerors of antiquity, is mentioned, amidft all his... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1797 - 362 pages
...capable of gratifying the curiofity of his fovereign, or wiping off this ftain upon the rnterprife and abilities of mankind, or adding this defideratum for the encouragement of geography. S 3 Mr y-1 Mr. Bruce now proceeds to ddlcribe the fonrces of the Nile, which have, as he fays, remained... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1797 - 328 pages
...capable of gratifying the curiofity of his fovereign, or wiping off this ftain upon the enterprife and abilities of mankind, or adding this defideratum for the encouragement of geoS 3 Mr H •*••••. ..^ . , ^. - r -i -^ - — .i -• i. a 'agam about feventy miles fouthward,... | |
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Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies ! and every comparison was leading nearer and nearer to presumption, when the place itself where I stood, the object of my vainglory, suggested what depressed... 
