 I had given him with his own hands, and giving it full-cock to a page, told him to go out and shoot a man in the outer court ; which was no sooner accomplished than the little urchin returned to announce his success, with a look of glee such as one would...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 161864Full view - About this book
 | John Hanning Speke - 1863 - 758 pages
...given to my men. The king now loaded one of the carbines I had given him with his own hands, and giving it full-cock to a page, told him to go out and shoot...individual human being the urchin had deprived of life. The Wakungu were now dismissed, and I asked to draw near, when the king showed me a book I had given... | |
 | 1864 - 820 pages
...the carbines I had given him with his own hands, and, giving it full-cock to a page, told him to po out and shoot a man in the outer court ; which was...cruelty with careless glee : — " Goats and other pcace-ofleringa were presented ; and finally, alargo body of officers came in with an old man, with... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1864 - 554 pages
..." The king now loaded one of the carbines I had given him with my own hands, and gave it full cock to a page, told him to go out and shoot a man in the...individual human being the urchin had deprived of his life." — p. 298. Another time he says : " I found the king dressed in red, with his Wakungu in... | |
 | Lindley Spring - 1868 - 250 pages
...and told him to go into the court and shoot a man, which was at once done, and the urchin announced " his success with a look of glee, such as one would...individual human being the urchin had deprived of life."")" " I have now been for some time within the court precincts, and have consequently had an opportunity... | |
 | Charles H. Jones - 1875 - 582 pages
...with a look of glee, such as one would see in the face of a boy who had robbed a bird's nest, canght a trout, or done any other boyish trick. The king...individual human being the urchin had deprived of life." The only really pleasant incident of the travellers' story in Uganda was the arrival of Grant, who,... | |
 | 1878 - 496 pages
...given to my men. The king now loaded one of the carbines I had given him with his own hands, and giving it fullcock to a page, told him to go out and shoot...individual human being the urchin had deprived of life." The next morning the king's pages came to request that some of Speke's men would come to shoot cows.... | |
 | T. Broadwood Johnson - 1908 - 414 pages
...have trifled with the King, but the affair created hardly any interest. I never heard," added Speke, "and there appeared no curiosity to know, what individual human being the urchin had deprived of life." 3 Amongst the Court customs are mentioned the harem of three or four hundred women, which, whilst continually... | |
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