 A more theatrical sight I never saw. The king, a good-looking, well-figured, tall young man of twentyfive, was sitting on a red blanket spread upon a square platform of royal grass, encased in tiger-grass reeds, scrupulously well dressed in a new mbugu.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 111864Full view - About this book
 | 1864 - 814 pages
...wondering and laughing, ordered the guard to close ranks, and sat gazing at the novel spectacle. A more theatrical sight I never saw. The king, a good-looking,...well dressed in a new mbugu. The hair of his head was cut short, excepting on the top, where it was combed up into a high ridge, running from stem to stem... | |
 | 1863 - 910 pages
...a-wondering and laughing, ordered the guard to close ranks, and eat gazing at the novel spectacle. " A more theatrical sight I never saw. The king, a goodlooking,...square platform of royal grass, encased in tiger-grass roeds, scrupulously well dressed. " The hair of his head was cut short, excepting on the top, where... | |
 | william harrison ainsworth - 1864 - 516 pages
...awondering and laughing, ordered the guard to close ranks, and sat gazing at the novel spectacle. A more theatrical sight I never saw. The king, a good-looking,...well dressed in a new mbugu. The hair of his head was cut short, excepting on the top, where it was combed up into a high ridge, running from stem to stern... | |
 | 1864 - 520 pages
...awondering and laughing, ordered the guard to close ranks, and sat gazing at the novel spectacle. A more theatrical sight I never saw. The king, a good-looking,...tiger-grass reeds, scrupulously well dressed in a new mbugu. lhc hair of his heau was cut short, excepting on the top, where it was combed up into a high ridge,... | |
 | John Hanning Speke - 1864 - 620 pages
...wondering and laughing, ordered the guard to close ranks, and sat gazing at the novel spectacle. A more theatrical sight I never saw. The king, a good-looking, wellfigured, tall young man of twenty -five, was sitting on a red blanket spread upon a square platform of royal grass, incased in... | |
 | 1864 - 516 pages
...close ranks, and sat gazing at the novel spectacle. A more theatrical sight I never saw. The ling, a good-looking, well-figured, tall young man of twenty-five, was sitting on a ted blanket spread upon a square platform of royal grass, encased in tiger-grass reeds, scrupulously... | |
 | George Carless Swayne, John Hanning Speke - 1868 - 402 pages
...admiring the novel scene, and the "admired of all admirers" himself. The king, a good-looking, well-grown, tall young man of twenty-five, was sitting on a red...royal grass encased in tiger-grass reeds, scrupulously well-dressed in a new mbugu. The hair of his head was cut short, excepting at the top, where it was... | |
 | John George Wood - 1868 - 798 pages
...sight I ne^er saw. The king, a good-looking, well-formed young man of twenty-five, was sitting upon a red blanket, spread upon a square platform of royal grass, encased in tigergrass reeds, scrupulously dressed in a new 'mbugu (or grass-cloth). The hair of his head was cut short, except upon the top,... | |
 | John George Wood - 1868 - 802 pages
...sjgbt I never saw. The king, a good-looking, well-formed young man of twenty-five, was sitting upon a red blanket, spread upon a square platform of royal grass, encased in tigerreeds, scrupulously dressed in a new 'mbugu (or grass-cloth). The hair of his head was cut short,... | |
 | Charles H. Jones - 1875 - 582 pages
...langhing, ordered the guard to dose ranks, and sat gazing at the novel spectacle. A more theatrical sight t never saw. The king, a good-looking, well-figured,...blanket spread upon a square^ platform of royal grass, incased in ti<xergrass reeds, scrupulously well dressed in a new mbngu. The hair of his head was cut... | |
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