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" ... three thousand years ! Kings had attempted this discovery at the head of armies ; and each expedition was distinguished from the last only by the difference of the numbers which had perished, and agreed alone in the disappointment which had uniformly... "
Travels, between the years 1768 and 1773, through Africa into Abyssinia to ... - Page 344
by James Bruce - 1805
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The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 32

History - 1793 - 532 pages
...laft, only by the difference of the numbers which had periihed; and agreed alone in the difappointment which had uniformly and without exception followed...Fame, riches, and honour, had been held out for a fcries of ages to every individual of thole myriads thefe princes commanded, without having produced...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1790 - 630 pages
...lad, oniy by the difference of the numbers which had perifhed, and agreed alone in the difappointment which had uniformly, and without exception, followed...Fame, riches, and honour, had been held out for a feries of ages to evtrry individual of thofe myriads thefe princes commanded, without having produced...
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The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic and ..., Volume 8

1790 - 614 pages
...only by the différence of the numbers which had periihed, and agreed alone in t' e difappointmcnt which had uniformly, and without exception, followed...them all. Fame, riches, and honour, had been held cut for a feries of ages to every individual of thofe myriads thefe princes commanded, without having...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1790 - 630 pages
...hit, only by the difference of the numbers which had peruhed, and agreed alone in the difappointment which had uniformly, and without exception, followed them all. Fame, riches, and honour, had been h¿ld out for a feries of ages to every individual of thofe myriads thefe princes commanded, without...
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The Historical Magazine, Or, Classical Library of Public Events ..., Volume 2

History - 1790 - 522 pages
...lati, only by the difference of the numbers which had periihed, and agreed alone in the difappointment which had uniformly, and without exception, followed...Fame, riches, and honour, had been held out for a feries •of ages to every individual of thofe myriads thefe prmces commanded, without having produced...
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Annual Register, Volume 32

Edmund Burke - History - 1793 - 544 pages
...lair, only by the ifference cf the numbers which had periftied ; and agreed alone in the difappointment which had uniformly and without exception followed...Fame, riches, and honour, had been held out for a feries of ages to every individual of thofe myriads thefe princes commanded, without having produced...
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 52

English literature - 1790 - 694 pages
...laft, only by the difference of the numbers which had perifhed, and agreed alone in the difappointmtnt which had uniformly and without exception followed...Fame. riches, and honour, had been held out, for a feries of ages to every individual of thofe myriads thefe Princes commanded, without having produced...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 32

History - 1793 - 530 pages
...ia.fi, only by the Uterence ,of the numbers which had perilhed ; and agreed alone in the difappointment which had uniformly and without exception followed...Fame, riches, and honour, had been held out for a feries of ages to every individual of thofe myriads thele princes commanded, without having produced...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 32

History - 1793 - 542 pages
...laft, only by the ifference of the numbers which had periihed ; and agreed alone in the difappointment which had uniformly and without exception followed...Fame, riches, and honour, had been held out for a feries of ages to every individual of thofe myriads thefe princes commanded, without having produced...
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Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries ...

William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1797 - 362 pages
...laft, only by the difference of the nunfbers which had perifhed, and agreed alone in the difappointment which had uniformly, and without exception, followed...Fame, riches, and honour, had been held out for a feries of ages to every individual of thofe myriads thefe princes commanded, without having produced...
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