 | Bible-class teachings - 1871 - 428 pages
...— in sickness, starvation, and fatigue, — to reach that hidden Source ! . . . The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me ! There, like a sea of...south and south-west, glittering in the noon-day sun. ... I looked down upon those welcome waters — that vast Keservoir which nourished Egypt, and brought... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1873 - 312 pages
...and, following it westward, reached a lake which they named the Albert Nyanza. 'There,' says Baker, 'like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath, the grand expanse of waters — a boundless sea horizon in the south and south-west, glittering in the morning sun ; and... | |
 | Alfred Ely Beach - 1874 - 614 pages
...valley between the hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me ! There, like a sea of...glittering in the noonday sun ; and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles distance, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about... | |
 | William Henry Giles Kingston - 1874 - 560 pages
...following his guide, in a few hours reached a hill from the summit of which " he beheld beneath him a grand expanse of water, a boundless sea horizon on...south and southwest, glittering in the noonday sun, while on the west, at fifty or sixty miles distant, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake... | |
 | John Small - 1876 - 646 pages
...opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me ! There, hke a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand expanse of water, — a boundless sea-horizon on the south and south-west,glitteringinthe noonday sun ; and on the west, at fifty or... | |
 | N. D'Anvers - 1877 - 498 pages
...deep valley, scrambled up a steep slope, and lo! at his feet lay, "like a sea of quicksilver, . . . the grand expanse of water; a boundless sea horizon on the south and south-west glistening in the noonday sun; and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles distance, blue mountains rose... | |
 | 1878 - 496 pages
...valley between the hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me ! There, like a sea of...glittering in the noonday sun ; and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles' distance, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about... | |
 | Edwin Hodder - 1878 - 488 pages
...dawned, and the travellers, standing on a steep granite cliff, looked down upon the glory of their prize. There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay, far beneath,...glittering in the noonday sun ; and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles' distance, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of 7,000... | |
 | Evan Daniel - 1879 - 304 pages
...valley between the hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me ! There, like a sea,...glittering in the noon-day sun ; and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles' distance, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1879 - 234 pages
...summit of a slope from which a good view could be obtained. ' The glory of our prize,' writes Baker, ' burst suddenly upon me ! There, like a sea of quicksilver,...beneath the grand expanse of water, —a boundless sea-horizon on the south and south-west, glittering in the noonday sun; and on the west, at fifty or... | |
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The day broke beautifully clear, and having crossed a deep valley between the hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me ! There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand... 
