Life in the Sandwich Islands: Or, The Heart of the Pacific, as it was and isA.S. Barnes & Company, 1856 - 355 pages |
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... Volcano - Toilsome Descent - Picturesque View from its Brink- Face of the Country between the two Stations - Hospitality of a Teacher at Hauula - Deportment of Natives met with on the Way - The stale Charge of Hypocrisy considered - No ...
... Volcano - Toilsome Descent - Picturesque View from its Brink- Face of the Country between the two Stations - Hospitality of a Teacher at Hauula - Deportment of Natives met with on the Way - The stale Charge of Hypocrisy considered - No ...
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... Volcano . They told in an exaggerated manner of the whiteness of their skin , the brightness of their eyes , their garments rough and strange , their heads horned like the moon , and their speech all unintelligible gibberish- " A ...
... Volcano . They told in an exaggerated manner of the whiteness of their skin , the brightness of their eyes , their garments rough and strange , their heads horned like the moon , and their speech all unintelligible gibberish- " A ...
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... volcano - company . But every wonder has its day and its end , and fa- miliarity with the haöle , as they called the strangers , at length began to breed dislike , if not contempt , on the part of the eager natives . They found the ...
... volcano - company . But every wonder has its day and its end , and fa- miliarity with the haöle , as they called the strangers , at length began to breed dislike , if not contempt , on the part of the eager natives . They found the ...
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... Volcano , or Lua Pele , and its cause unknown , they attributed all its phenomena to gods there living , and those gods their imaginations made like unto themselves . Thus , the conical craters in the bed of the volcano they regarded as ...
... Volcano , or Lua Pele , and its cause unknown , they attributed all its phenomena to gods there living , and those gods their imaginations made like unto themselves . Thus , the conical craters in the bed of the volcano they regarded as ...
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... volcano was their principal residence , though occasionally they renovated their con- stitutions amid the snows of the mountains . On such occasions their jour- neys were accompanied by earthquakes , eruptions , heavy thunder and ...
... volcano was their principal residence , though occasionally they renovated their con- stitutions amid the snows of the mountains . On such occasions their jour- neys were accompanied by earthquakes , eruptions , heavy thunder and ...
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Life in the Sandwich Islands: Or, The Heart of the Pacific, as it was and is Henry Theodore Cheever Affichage du livre entier - 1851 |
Life in the Sandwich Islands: Or, The Heart of the Pacific, as it was and is Henry Theodore Cheever Affichage du livre entier - 1851 |
Life in the Sandwich Islands: Or, The Heart of the Pacific, as it was and is Henry Theodore Cheever Affichage du livre entier - 1851 |
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Page 159 - And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm. O fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Page 285 - The One remains, the many change and pass; Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly; Life, like a dome of many-colored glass, Stains the white radiance of Eternity, Until Death tramples it to fragments.
Page 123 - No, faith, not a jot ; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it: As thus; Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth to dust ; the dust is earth ; of earth we make loam : And why of that loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel...
Page 252 - It is a good divine that follows his own instructions; I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done than to be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Page 138 - Thy sinless land, Which eye hath never seen. Visions come and go; Shapes of resplendent beauty round me throng, From angel lips I seem to hear the flow Of soft and holy song.
Page 111 - twas an unimaginable sight ! Clouds, mists, streams, watery rocks and emerald turf, Clouds of all tincture, rocks and sapphire sky, Confused, commingled, mutually inflamed, Molten together, and composing thus, Each lost in each, that marvellous array Of temple, palace, citadel, and huge Fantastic pomp of structure without name, In fleecy folds voluminous, enwrapped.
Page 277 - And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Page 190 - ... invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of...
Page 151 - Through the high wood echoing shrill: Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedge-row elms, on hillocks green, Right against the eastern gate, Where the great sun begins his state, Robed in flames, and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight...
Page 348 - Majesty shall, upon mutual requisitions by them, or their ministers, officers, or authorities respectively made, deliver up to justice all persons who, being charged with the crime of murder, or assault with intent to commit murder, or piracy, or arson, or robbery, or forgery, or the utterance of forged paper, committed within the jurisdiction of either, shall seek an asylum, or shall be found, within the territories of the other...