 | Joseph Banks - 1896 - 546 Seiten
...circumstance which gives me much satisfaction ; he is certainly a most proper man, well born, chief Tahowa or priest of this island, consequently skilled in...109 larger expense than he will ever probably put me to. The amusement I shall have in his future conversation, and the benefit which will be derived... | |
 | 1898 - 250 Seiten
...in his journal that throws a curious side light on the ways of the country gentlemen of his time. " The Government will never in all human probability...as well as my neighbours do lions and tigers at a larger expense than he will ever probably put me to." Banks was public-spirited. He had shown his public... | |
 | Robert McNab - 1914 - 264 Seiten
...Expedition, overcame the difficulty by placing him on his own staff. In his Journal Banks says : " I do not know why I may not keep him as a curiosity...as well as my neighbours do lions and tigers at a larger expense than he will ever probably put me to." And Banks never regretted his decision ; in fact,... | |
 | Lynne Withey - 1989 - 528 Seiten
...interceded, offering to pay the young man's expenses and take care of him after they returned to England. "I do not know why I may not keep him as a curiosity, as well as some of my neighbours do lions and tygers at a larger expence than he will probably ever put me to,"... | |
 | J. C. Beaglehole - 1992 - 828 Seiten
...agreed that he might be a help in discovery. Banks the collector, the man of fortune, overbore Cook: 'Thank heaven I have a sufficiency and I do not know...why I may not keep him as a curiosity, as well as some of my neighbours do lions and tygers at a larger expence than he will probably ever put me to;... | |
 | Patrick O'Brian - 1997 - 340 Seiten
...has himself been at. The Captn refuses to take him on his own account, in my opinion sensibly enough, the government will never in all human probability...why I may not keep him as a curiosity, as well as some of my neighbours do lions and tygers at a larger expence than he will probably ever put me to;... | |
 | Nicholas Thomas - 1997 - 292 Seiten
...Polynesians, but had more dilettantish reasons for wanting to "collect" the man. "Thank heaven," he wrote, "I have a sufficiency and I do not know why I may not keep him as a curiosity, as well as some of my neighbours do lions and tygers at a larger expence than he will probably ever put me to;... | |
 | Beth Fowkes Tobin - 1999 - 324 Seiten
...quotes from his journal, calling attention to his own perception of himself as a collector of curios: " Thank heaven I have a sufficiency and I do not know...why I may not keep him as a curiosity, as well as some of my neighbours do lions and tygers at a larger expense than he will probably ever put me to.'... | |
 | Glyndwr Williams - 1999 - 364 Seiten
...human probability take any notice of him; I therefore have resolvd to take him. Thank heaven I had a sufficiency and I do not know why I may not keep him as a curiosity, as well as some of my neighbours do lions and tygers at a larger expence than he will probably ever put me to;... | |
 | Margarette Lincoln - 1998 - 270 Seiten
...the government will never in all human probability take any notice of him: I therefore have resolvd to take him. Thank heaven I have a sufficiency and...why I may not keep him as a curiosity, as well as some of my neighbours do lions and tygers at a larger expence than he will probably ever put me to;... | |
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Thank Heaven I have a sufficiency and I do not know why I may not keep him as a curiosity, as well as some of my neighbours do lions and tygers at a larger expence than he will probably ever put me to... 
