Narrative of a Journey to the Zoolu Country: In South Africa |
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accompanied afternoon Amakosa Amaponda Amatembu appeared approach arrived assegai baggage bank beeni Berea bushes calabash Cape Colony Cape Town cattle Chancery Lane Charka chief Clomanthleen Cokella colony commenced Congella crossed D'Urban desert desire Dingarn direction distance endeavour Faku fence Ferdana ford grace Graham's Town grass ground half-past hand head heart hill hippopotami horses Indoonas Issigōrdlo journey Kafir King King William's Town King's leave Lord Mambayendi messenger miles Missionary morning mountains natives neighbourhood neighbouring never night obliged observed obtain occupied oxen party passed Port Natal present preter proceeded procured Quath Quathlamba rain reached replied river road rocks rocky Saturday scarcely seated seen sent servant side Sir Benjamin D'Urban soon soul spanned spot station steep stream Sunday Tambooza Tpai treaty trees tribe Tugăla Uitenhage Umtata Umthlella Umzimcoolu Umzimvoobo Unkunginglove village waggon whole wild wish women words yesterday Zoolu country
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Page 292 - I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Page 280 - And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness ? for there is no bread, neither is there any water ; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Page 350 - THE righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: And merciful men are taken away, none considering That the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Page 168 - Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
Page 10 - My word that goeth forth out of my mouth . . . shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it".— Isaiah 55 : 11.
Page 67 - Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
Page 248 - it is usual for the ruling chief, on his accession to the government, to be washed in the blood of a near relative, generally a brother, who is put to death on the occasion...
Page 264 - You admit that you cannot controul the sun or the moon, or even make a hair of your head to grow. Have you no idea of any power capable of doing this?" Tpai — " No ; we know of none : we know that we cannot do these things, and we suppose that they come of themselves.
Page 292 - ... so awful a summons from time into eternity speaks, in solemn accents, to every heart, — " Prepare to meet thy God." Oh ! that this afflictive dispensation may not be without a beneficial influence upon the lives of all in this...
Page 391 - God, and ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a Price ; therefore glorify God in your body and your spirit, which are God's.