Life in the Sandwich Islands: Or, The Heart of the Pacific, as it was and isA.S. Barnes & Company, 1856 - 355 Seiten |
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... , has invested the group with its present politi- cal importance - bestowing upon the inhabitants laws , religion , civilization - and will soon add to these gifts * J J. Jarves . PREFACE . 20 5 language ; for the English tongue 4 PREFACE .
... , has invested the group with its present politi- cal importance - bestowing upon the inhabitants laws , religion , civilization - and will soon add to these gifts * J J. Jarves . PREFACE . 20 5 language ; for the English tongue 4 PREFACE .
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... soon determine whether they are to re- tain their independency , or to be merged in the na- tion that has civilized them . In either event they are to constitute no mean a portion of the kingdom of Christ ; and if this book shall be ...
... soon determine whether they are to re- tain their independency , or to be merged in the na- tion that has civilized them . In either event they are to constitute no mean a portion of the kingdom of Christ ; and if this book shall be ...
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... Soon the chiefs commanded some of their men to go in canoes and find out what this wonderful thing , this new moku , might be . They approached so near as to survey , with curious dread , the different parts of the ship and the men on ...
... Soon the chiefs commanded some of their men to go in canoes and find out what this wonderful thing , this new moku , might be . They approached so near as to survey , with curious dread , the different parts of the ship and the men on ...
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... soon dispatched him . " His guard , in the mean time , were all killed but two , and they had plunged into the water and were swim- ming to the boats . He stood thus for some time the butt of all their force , and being as complete in ...
... soon dispatched him . " His guard , in the mean time , were all killed but two , and they had plunged into the water and were swim- ming to the boats . He stood thus for some time the butt of all their force , and being as complete in ...
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... soon reached the door of a house , burst his way in , and fell on the floor , terrified even to faintness . and insensibility . He imagined that the ghost of a chief , who had deceased the day before , had a firm gripe upon his throat ...
... soon reached the door of a house , burst his way in , and fell on the floor , terrified even to faintness . and insensibility . He imagined that the ghost of a chief , who had deceased the day before , had a firm gripe upon his throat ...
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American Board ARTICLE beautiful blessing called canoe chief Christ Christian civilization clouds contracting parties coral crater death dollars duties earth English exports favored feet foreign France furnished give Gospel Hale-a-ka-la Hawaii Hawaii-nei Hawaiian Government Hawaiian Islands Hawaiian language heart heathen heaven Hilo Honolulu human hundred Kamehameha III Kauai Kealakekua King kingdom Kohala labor Lahaina Lahainaluna Lanai land language lava laws lime living Lord Maui meeting-house ment miles mind Minister mission missionaries Molokai moral mountain nation native churches nature Niihau Oahu ocean Pacific pagan pastor Perrin persons Polynesia port preach present priest R. C. WYLLIE race reef religion religious rock sand Sandwich Isl Sandwich Islands seen Seminary ships shore side souls spirits station teachers thing thou thousand tion Treaty truth undersigned United vessels volcano Waialua Wailuku Wakea whale-ships
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...