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" I, who had ambition not only to go farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting with this interruption, as it in some measure relieved us, at least shortened the dangers and hardships inseparable... "
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries ... - Page 206
by William Fordyce Mavor - 1796
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A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and ..., Volume 11

John Pinkerton - Discoveries in geography - 1812 - 1030 pages
...to get farther to the fouth ; but the attempting it would have been a dangerous and ram enterprize, and what, I believe no man in my fituation would have...than any one had been before, but as far as it was poffible for man to go, was not forry at meeting with this interruption ; as it in fome meafure relieved...
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 14

Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1815 - 542 pages
...retreat for birds, or any other animals, than the ice itself, with which it must be wholly covered. I, who had ambition not only to go farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting with this interruption, as it in some measure relieved...
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A General History of Voyages and Travels to the End of the 18th ..., Volume 14

Robert Kerr - 1815 - 546 pages
...retreat for birds, or any other animals, than the ice itself, with which it must be wholly covered. I, who had ambition not only to go farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry, at meeting with this interruption, as it in some measure relieved...
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A general history and collection of voyages and travels, arranged ..., Issue 27

General history - 1815 - 802 pages
...retreat 1'ui' birds, or any other animals, than the ice itself, with which it must be wholly covered. I, who had ambition not only to go farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting with this interruption, as it in some measure relieved...
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Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ..., Volume 4

Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...than the ic« itself, with which it must be wholly covered : I, who was amhitious, not only of going farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting with this interruption; aa it in some measure reli«ved...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 4

Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 628 pages
...than the ic« itself, with which it must be wholly covered : I, who was ambitious, not only of going farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting •with this interruption; at it in some measure relieved...
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The World Displayed, Or, A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 10

Voyages and travels - 1815 - 476 pages
...the ice itself, with which it must be wholly covered. I, who was ambitious, not only of going further than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting with this interruption, as it in some measure relieved...
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The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World. ...

James Cook - Oceania - 1821 - 386 pages
...retreat for birds, or any other animals, than the ice itself, with which it must be wholly covered. I, who had ambition not only to go farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting with this interruption ; as it, in sortie measure,...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 25

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1821 - 612 pages
...a dangerous and rash enterprize' to struggle with icebergs and fields of ice. ' I, (he continues,) who had ambition not only to go farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting with this interruption.' Captain Cook was perfectly...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 25

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1821 - 596 pages
...a dangerous and rash enterprize' to struggle with icebergs and fields of ice. ' I, (he continues,) who had ambition not only to go farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting with this interruption.' Captain Cook was perfectly...
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