Life in the Sandwich Islands: Or, The Heart of the Pacific, as it was and isA.S. Barnes & Company, 1856 - 355 páginas |
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... PACIFIC , AS IT WAS AND IS . BY REV . HENRY T. CHEEVER , AUTHOR OF THE ISLAND WORLD OF THE PACIFIC , " " THE WHALE AND HIS CAPTORS , ETC. " " WITH ENGRAVINGS . Histories make men wise ; poetry , witty ; the mathematics , subtle ...
... PACIFIC , AS IT WAS AND IS . BY REV . HENRY T. CHEEVER , AUTHOR OF THE ISLAND WORLD OF THE PACIFIC , " " THE WHALE AND HIS CAPTORS , ETC. " " WITH ENGRAVINGS . Histories make men wise ; poetry , witty ; the mathematics , subtle ...
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... Pacific , " for two reasons : first , because the Sandwich or Hawaiian Isl- ands , which form its subject - matter , hold about the same relation to other parts of the Pacific as the heart does to the rest of the human body . Second ...
... Pacific , " for two reasons : first , because the Sandwich or Hawaiian Isl- ands , which form its subject - matter , hold about the same relation to other parts of the Pacific as the heart does to the rest of the human body . Second ...
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... Pacific . Having steadily aimed to present to his readers none other than the real , which is the hopeful aspect of the missionary life and enterprise at the Sandwich Islands , the author believes that this volume will gain a grateful ...
... Pacific . Having steadily aimed to present to his readers none other than the real , which is the hopeful aspect of the missionary life and enterprise at the Sandwich Islands , the author believes that this volume will gain a grateful ...
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... Pacific . In connection with the tinted engravings , the au- thor and publishers regret certain typographical errors , which were not observed till the edition was in part printed . The candid reader is therefore requested to read on ...
... Pacific . In connection with the tinted engravings , the au- thor and publishers regret certain typographical errors , which were not observed till the edition was in part printed . The candid reader is therefore requested to read on ...
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Or, The Heart of the Pacific, as it was and is Henry Theodore Cheever. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. LOCAL TRADITIONS OF CAPTAIN COOK , AND GLIMPSES OF OLD PAGANISM IN THE HEART OF THE PACIFIC . A notable wonder - Curious Fancies of the Natives ...
Or, The Heart of the Pacific, as it was and is Henry Theodore Cheever. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. LOCAL TRADITIONS OF CAPTAIN COOK , AND GLIMPSES OF OLD PAGANISM IN THE HEART OF THE PACIFIC . A notable wonder - Curious Fancies of the Natives ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...