Journal of a Residence in the Sandwich Islands: During the Years 1823, 1824, and 1825 ...John P. Haven, 1828 |
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... passing through the door . The flame spread rapidly ; but , by prompt exertions , was happily extinguished . The greatest danger to which we feel ourselves exposed is from casualties of this kind . It sel- dom rains at Lahaina , and ...
... passing through the door . The flame spread rapidly ; but , by prompt exertions , was happily extinguished . The greatest danger to which we feel ourselves exposed is from casualties of this kind . It sel- dom rains at Lahaina , and ...
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... passing through the district - the manner in which all the general orders of the king and chiefs are communicated to their vassals- making a proclamation to the people . On in- quiring of the native boys in our yard , we learned that ...
... passing through the district - the manner in which all the general orders of the king and chiefs are communicated to their vassals- making a proclamation to the people . On in- quiring of the native boys in our yard , we learned that ...
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... passed to and fro , gave indications of something new and melancholy . Hearing a voice in our yard , I in- quired the cause of the agitation ; and was an- swered , that " the people thought the king was dead , because the moon was dark ...
... passed to and fro , gave indications of something new and melancholy . Hearing a voice in our yard , I in- quired the cause of the agitation ; and was an- swered , that " the people thought the king was dead , because the moon was dark ...
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... the dis- trict , passing , shortly after leaving the beach , through a large and beautiful grove of the cocoa - nut , and then through a succession of plantations , so thickly covered with bread - fruit trees , interspersed with 28.
... the dis- trict , passing , shortly after leaving the beach , through a large and beautiful grove of the cocoa - nut , and then through a succession of plantations , so thickly covered with bread - fruit trees , interspersed with 28.
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... passing . On approaching them , I saw in the midst a small mat covered with several thicknesses of tapa or native cloth , on the top of which were placed two very large leaves , of a plant called by the natives api- ( arum costa- tum ...
... passing . On approaching them , I saw in the midst a small mat covered with several thicknesses of tapa or native cloth , on the top of which were placed two very large leaves , of a plant called by the natives api- ( arum costa- tum ...
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afternoon anchor appear aroha arrival attend beach beautiful Bingham Blonde Bloxam Boki breakfast brig called Captain chapel character chiefs Christian cliff clouds cocoa-nut colour covered crater dark death delightful Diamond Hill distance door dress Ellis exclaimed fear formed friends frigate groves happy Hawaii heard heart heathen Honoruru hour hundred feet immediately interesting Kaahumanu Kaikioeva Kairua Karaimoku Keopuolani king Kotzebue Lahaina land lava Lord Byron manner Maui miles mind Mission House Missionary Monday morning mountains native night nine o'clock o'clock Oahu object party passed path persons pine-apple plantations prayer present prince princess pule queens racter reached refreshments rest Richards Riho Riho round Sabbath sail Sandwich Islands Saturday scarce scene scenery schooner seated ship shore side Society Islands spirit stone surf taro Taumuarii thing thought tion trees valley Waiakea wailing Waititi walk whole wind worship yards yesterday young
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Seite 25 - 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.
Seite 20 - 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.
Seite 105 - 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.
Seite 112 - 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...
Seite 52 - Being of majesty and of power, who ** founded the earth, and hung it upon nothing," — " who formed the mountains and created the winds," — " who shut up the sea, and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther ; and here shall thy proud waves be staid.
Seite 126 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Seite 192 - These sounds were not fixed or confined to one 198 place, but rolled from one end of the crater to the other ; sometimes seeming to be immediately under us, when a sensible tremor of the ground on which we lay, took place ; and then again rushing to the farthest end with incalculable velocity. The whole air was filled with the tumult ; and those most soundly asleep were quickly roused by it to thorough wakefulness.
Seite 201 - We arrived at Lahaina at midnight, and, as we had been delayed three days, by head winds, on a passage usually made by such vessels in one, and no time was to be lost ; in despite of the great darkness of the night, and the danger of the surf, I landed immediately. The Mission House had been removed from the place...
Seite 181 - ... heavy detonations, while the irritated flames accompanying them, glared widely over the surrounding obscurity, against the sides of the ledge and upper cliffs, richly illuminating the volumes of smoke at the south end, and occasionally casting a bright reflection on the bosom of a passing cloud. The great seat of action, however, seemed to be at the southern and western end, where an exhibition of ever-varying fireworks was presented, surpassing in beauty and sublimity all that the ingenuity...
Seite 74 - 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...