Journal of a Residence in the Sandwich Islands, During the Years 1823, 1824, and 1825: Including Remarks on the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants; an Account of Lord Byron's Visit in H. M. S. BlondeH. Fisher, son, and Jackson, 1828 - 382 pàgines |
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Pàgina 134
... calabashes ; but now generally on china brought by the merchants from Canton . It is placed on the ground , before the group for whom it is designed , who , lounging on their mats in the attitude of the ancient Romans , partake of it ...
... calabashes ; but now generally on china brought by the merchants from Canton . It is placed on the ground , before the group for whom it is designed , who , lounging on their mats in the attitude of the ancient Romans , partake of it ...
Pàgina 137
... calabashes and dishes for water , food , & c . & c . are deposited ; while the mats for sitting , lounging , and sleeping , are spread near the door . Every chief has from thirty to fifty and an hundred personal attendants , friends and ...
... calabashes and dishes for water , food , & c . & c . are deposited ; while the mats for sitting , lounging , and sleeping , are spread near the door . Every chief has from thirty to fifty and an hundred personal attendants , friends and ...
Pàgina 138
... calabashes with their master ; and form , at their meals , a most uncouth and motley group . In every respect , indeed , as well as in that of eating , the house- hold servants of the whole company of chiefs , from the king to the petty ...
... calabashes with their master ; and form , at their meals , a most uncouth and motley group . In every respect , indeed , as well as in that of eating , the house- hold servants of the whole company of chiefs , from the king to the petty ...
Pàgina 190
... calabashes before them , which they beat with short sticks . The sound of these , accompanied by that of their voices repeating the song , constituted the rude music . The girls occasionally joined in the song ; and often were the only ...
... calabashes before them , which they beat with short sticks . The sound of these , accompanied by that of their voices repeating the song , constituted the rude music . The girls occasionally joined in the song ; and often were the only ...
Pàgina 199
... ; the first twenty men bearing each a baked pig or dog , ornamented with green leaves . These were followed by fifty others , bear- ing thirty immense calabashes of poe , twenty of which 200 ATTACHMENT TO RIHO - RIHO . were suspended ,
... ; the first twenty men bearing each a baked pig or dog , ornamented with green leaves . These were followed by fifty others , bear- ing thirty immense calabashes of poe , twenty of which 200 ATTACHMENT TO RIHO - RIHO . were suspended ,
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Journal of a Residence in the Sandwich Islands During the Years 1823, 1824 ... Charles Samuel Stewart Visualització completa - 1828 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 319 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Pàgina 248 - And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word: but as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.
Pàgina 251 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Pàgina 105 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Pàgina 278 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Pàgina 245 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Pàgina 76 - Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried, And danced in triumph o'er the waters wide, The exulting sense - the pulse's maddening play, That thrills the wanderer of that trackless way?
Pàgina 301 - In such an hour he turns, and on his view Ocean and earth and heaven burst before him. Clouds slumbering at his feet, and the clear blue Of Summer's sky, in beauty bending o'er him, — The city bright below; and far away, Sparkling in golden light, his own romantic bay.
Pàgina 300 - Amid thy forest solitudes, he climbs O'er crags that proudly tower above the deep, And knows that sense of danger, which sublimes The breathless moment — when his daring step Is on the verge of the cliff, and he can hear The low dash of the wave with startled ear, Like the death-music of his coming doom...
Pàgina 320 - Winter comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train — Vapours, and clouds, and storms. Be these my theme ; These, that exalt the soul to solemn thought And heavenly musing. Welcome, kindred glooms...