Life in the Sandwich Islands: Or, The Heart of the Pacific, as it was and is |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 34
Page 6
... sired also to cultivate and quicken their perceptions of the true , the good , the sublime , and the beautiful in man , nature , art , and religion . We have , therefore , PREFACE . 7 felt justified in making free use of 6 PREFACE .
... sired also to cultivate and quicken their perceptions of the true , the good , the sublime , and the beautiful in man , nature , art , and religion . We have , therefore , PREFACE . 7 felt justified in making free use of 6 PREFACE .
Page 10
... Beautiful at Home and Abroad - Morning on the Mountain - Effect of natural Scenery upon Childhood - Curious Hawaiian Etymologies - A Catalogue of queer Ap- pellatives - The peculiar Genius and Idioms of the Hawaiian Tongue-- Words to be ...
... Beautiful at Home and Abroad - Morning on the Mountain - Effect of natural Scenery upon Childhood - Curious Hawaiian Etymologies - A Catalogue of queer Ap- pellatives - The peculiar Genius and Idioms of the Hawaiian Tongue-- Words to be ...
Page 36
... beautiful shrub ; how , as by elective affinity , it chooses those unwatered , desolate tracts of lava , where there is not a green thing else to sympathize with it , or be its rival . There have I often observed it cheerfully exhal ...
... beautiful shrub ; how , as by elective affinity , it chooses those unwatered , desolate tracts of lava , where there is not a green thing else to sympathize with it , or be its rival . There have I often observed it cheerfully exhal ...
Page 37
... beautiful . I stopped a while to rest at the place of a man from Maine , who was discharged here from a ship in 1811 , and entered into the service of Kamehameha , who gave him his lands . In the evening of his days he has become a ...
... beautiful . I stopped a while to rest at the place of a man from Maine , who was discharged here from a ship in 1811 , and entered into the service of Kamehameha , who gave him his lands . In the evening of his days he has become a ...
Page 38
... beautiful specimen of tropical vegetation , de- serving to be cultivated for its looks alone . The tree here is said to be from twenty months to three years in attaining its maturity . It will then bear , I am told , two crops a year ...
... beautiful specimen of tropical vegetation , de- serving to be cultivated for its looks alone . The tree here is said to be from twenty months to three years in attaining its maturity . It will then bear , I am told , two crops a year ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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...