Famous Edinburgh StudentsT.N. Foulis, 1914 - 186 sider |
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Side 40 - The men here have generally high cheek bones, and are lean and swarthy, fond of action, dancing in particular. Now that I have mentioned dancing, let me say something of their balls, which are very frequent here.
Side 67 - With the assistance of one of the soldiers I have changed a large canoe into a tolerably good schooner, on board of which I this day hoisted the British flag, and shall set sail to the east with the fixed resolution to discover the termination of the Niger or perish in the attempt.
Side 41 - Now I am come to the ladies; and to show that I love Scotland, and every thing that belongs to so charming a country, I insist on it, and will give him leave to break my head that denies it— that the Scotch ladies are ten thousand times finer and handsomer than the Irish.
Side 24 - I found a certain boldness of temper growing in me, which was not inclined to submit to any authority in these subjects, but led me to seek out some new medium, by which truth might be established.
Side 116 - Russell; but his worst failure is that he is utterly ignorant of all moral fear; there is nothing he would not undertake. I believe he would perform the operation for the stone - build St. Peter's - or assume (with or without ten minutes...
Side 68 - I shall only observe that no event which took place during the journey, ever threw the smallest gloom over my mind, till I laid Mr. Anderson in the grave. I then felt myself, as if left a second time lonely and friendless amidst the wilds of Africa.
Side 18 - Away the vicious pleasures of the town ; Let empty partial fortune on me frown ; But grant, ye powers, that it may be my lot To live in peace from noisy towns remote.
Side 152 - Let thine own business engage thy attention; leave the care of the state to the governors thereof. Let not thy recreations be expensive, lest the pain of purchasing them exceed the pleasure thou hast in their enjoyment. Neither let prosperity put out the eyes of circumspection, nor abundance cut off the hands of frugality ; he that too much indulgeth in the superfluities of life, shall live to lament the want of its necessaries.
Side 67 - My dear friend Mr. Anderson and likewise Mr. Scott are both dead; but though all the Europeans who are with me should die, and though I were myself half dead, I would still persevere; and if I could not succeed in the object of my journey, I would at last die on the Niger.
Side 67 - I am afraid that, impressed with a woman's fears and the anxieties of a wife, you may be led to consider my situation as a great deal worse than it really is.