A Visit to the South Seas in the United States' Ship Vincennes, During the Years 1829 and 1830: Including Scenes in Brazil, Peru, Manilla, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena, Том 2H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832 |
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American anchor appearance arrival beautiful Bingham board ship boats bosom canoe Captain Finch centre chapel character chiefs coast colour Constantia consul cottage dear H delightful distance dress entertainment establishment exhibited eyes favour feel feet foreign friends furnished gentlemen Governor Boki ground groves handsome happy harbour Hawaii heart Honolulu hour Huahine hundred interest Kaahumanu Kaavaroa Kairua Kapiolani KAUIKEAOULI kind king lady Lahaina land LETTER lofty Madam Boki Manilla Matavai Maui ment miles mission mission-house missionaries morning mountains native neat night Nukuhiva o'clock Oahu officers party Pasig Pelé persons port present princess principal racter Raiatea regent residence respect sabbath sail salute Sandwich Islands scarce scene seated seen shore side sight Society Islands STEPHEN SHEPHARD Stribling style Table Bay Tahaa Tahiti tain thing tion town U. S. Ship Vincennes vessels voyage W. C. B. FINCH whole
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Страница 282 - Go, child of darkness, see a Christian die ; No horror pales his lip, or rolls his eye ; No dreadful doubts, or dreamy terrors, start The hope Religion pillows on his heart, When with a dying hand he waves adieu To all who love so well, and weep so true : Meek as an infant to the mother's breast Turns fondly longing for its wonted rest, He pants for where congenial spirits stray, Turns to his God, and sighs his soul away.
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Страница 62 - ... the chapel ; and by degrees their numbers increased, till, in a short time, every path along the beach, and over the uplands, presented an almost uninterrupted + procession of both sexes, and of every age, all pressing to the house of God.
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