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" The sun was reflected, with a glare scarcely more supportable than the heat, from the massy gold ornaments, which glistened in every direction. More than a hundred bands burst at once on our arrival, with the peculiar airs of their several chiefs. The... "
Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle - Page 425
1819
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Edinburgh Monthly Review, Volume 2

1819 - 754 pages
...tributaries, and captains, were resplendent in the distance, surrounded by attendants of every description, fronted by a mass of warriors which seemed to make...arrival, with the peculiar airs of their several chiefs ; the horns flourished their 'defiances, with the beating of innumerable drums and metal instruments,...
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Weaver's Magazine and Literary Companion, Volume 2

1819 - 304 pages
...and captains, were resplendent in the distance, surrounded by attendants of every description, • fronted by a mass of warriors, which seemed to make...gold ornaments, which glistened in every direction. IWore than a hundred bands burst at once on our arrival, with the peculiar airs of their several chiefs;...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 83

1819 - 614 pages
...tributaries, and captains, were resplendent in the distance, surrounded by attendants of every description, fronted by a mass of warriors, which seemed to make...scarcely more supportable than the heat, from the njassy gold ornaments, which glistened in every direction. More than a hundred bands * Scraps of Moorish...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 15; Volume 33

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1821 - 614 pages
...were resplendent in the distance, surrounded by attendants of every description, fronted by a raass of warriors which seemed to make our approach impervious....arrival, with the peculiar airs of their several chiefs; the horns flourished their defiances, with the beating of innumerable drums and metal instruments,...
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The bachelor's wife, a selection of curious and interesting extracts

John Galt - 1824 - 462 pages
...tributaries and captains, were resplendent in the distance, surrounded by attendants of every description, fronted by a mass of warriors which seemed to make...arrival, with the peculiar airs of their several chiefs ; the horns flourished their defiances, with the beating of innumerable drums and metal instruments,...
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West-African Sketches

1824 - 326 pages
...tributaries, and captains, were resplendent in the distance, surrounded by attendants of every description, fronted by a mass of warriors, which seemed to make...glistened in every direction. More than a hundred bands broke out at once on our arrival with the peculiar airs of their several chiefs ; the horns flourished...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 3

1824 - 452 pages
...tributaries, and captains, were resplendent in the distance, surrounded by attendants of every description, fronted by a mass of warriors which seemed to make our approach impervious. The scene was reflected with a glare scarcely more supportable than the heat, fiom the massy gold ornaments...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 9

1825 - 494 pages
...tributaries, and captains, were resplendent in the distance, surrounded by attendants of every description, fronted by a mass of warriors. which seemed to make...arrival, with the peculiar airs of their several chiefs ; the horns flourished their defiances, with the beating of innumerable drums and metal instruments,...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary, Volume 9

1825 - 498 pages
...distance, surrounded by attendants of every description, fronted by a mass of warriors. which seemed tb make our approach impervious. The sun was reflected,...arrival, with the peculiar airs of their several chiefs ; the horns flourished their defiances, with the beating of innumerable drums and metal instruments,...
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The African Repository, Volume 4

1829 - 404 pages
...tributaries and captains, were resplendent in the distance, surrounded by attendants of every description, fronted by a mass of warriors which seemed to make...hundred bands burst at once on our arrival with the pecul'ar airs of their several chiefs; the horns flourished their defiances with the beating of innumerable...
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