 | 1799 - 484 pagini
...the words, literally tranflated, were thefe * : ' The poor white man, faint and weary, came and fat under our tree : he has no mother to bring him milk...Chorus. Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he,* &c. &c. — Trifling as this recital may appear to the reader, to a perfon in my fituation, the... | |
 | 1798 - 612 pagini
...ever heard. The words, as may be expefted were fimple and may be literally translated as follows : The winds roared and the rains fell. The poor white man faint and weary, came and fat under lur tree. He has no mother to bring him milt — No wife ta grind his corn. Chorus, fjct... | |
 | Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa - 1798 - 136 pagini
...expected, were simple, and may be literally translated as follows : " The " winds roared and the rain fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and...— " Let us pity the white man — no mother has he, &c. &c. Simple as these words are, they are natural and. affecting ; and contain a curious allusion... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1799 - 520 pagini
...of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. — " The winds roared, and the rains fell. " — The poor...Chorus. Let us pity the white man ; no mother " has he, &c. &c." Trifling as this recital may appear to the reader, to a person in my situation, the circumstance... | |
 | 1799 - 618 pagini
...sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these.— " The winds roared, and the rains fell. — The poor...Chorus. Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he, &c. &c." — At the end of the volume, we find these words formed into verse by the I)uchess of... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1799 - 524 pagini
...of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. — " The winds roared, and the rains fell. " — The poor...corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white man ; no mother 11 has he, &c. &c." Trifling as this recital may appear to the reader, to a person in my situation,... | |
 | 1799 - 614 pagini
...sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these.—" The winds roared, and the rains fell. — The poor...mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn. Cbsrus. Let uc pity the white man ; no mother has he, &c. &c." — At the end . of the volume, we find... | |
 | 1799 - 516 pagini
...the words, literally tranflaud, were thefe * : ' The poor white man, faint and weary, came and fat under our tree : he has no mother to bring him milk...Chorus. Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he,' &c. &c. — Trifling as this recital may appear to the iKader, to a perfon in my fituation, the... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1799 - 652 pagini
...follows-: " The winds roared, and the rain fell. The poor white " man faint and weary, came and fat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk;...Chorus — " Let us pity the white man, no mother has he, " &c. &c." Simple as thefe words are, they are natural and affecting; and contain a curious allufion... | |
 | 1799 - 748 pagini
...The winds roared and the raía fell. The poor white oían, faint and weary, came and fat under out. tree. He has no mother to bring him milk — no wife...— ' Let us pity the white, man — no mother has he/ &c. ac. Simple as thefe words are, (hey are natural and afrefting; and contain a curious allufion... | |
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The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn. 
