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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... earth , upon which of the two he were sent by the angels ' Lord . Next , at least in our view , to the honor of being one's self a laborious and successful foreign missionary , is that of being permitted to describe and preserve the ...
... earth , upon which of the two he were sent by the angels ' Lord . Next , at least in our view , to the honor of being one's self a laborious and successful foreign missionary , is that of being permitted to describe and preserve the ...
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... . In like manner , the Greenlanders and Esquimaux of the Arctic regions , when first visited by Moravians , be- lieved every thing in heaven to be after the pattern of things on their earth ; and they found it difficult.
... . In like manner , the Greenlanders and Esquimaux of the Arctic regions , when first visited by Moravians , be- lieved every thing in heaven to be after the pattern of things on their earth ; and they found it difficult.
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... earth ; and they found it difficult to be satisfied with the Bible promise of the Christian heav- en , because it did not contain seals . The arch of heav- en , in their view , turns round on the pivot of a high , sharp peak , far to ...
... earth ; and they found it difficult to be satisfied with the Bible promise of the Christian heav- en , because it did not contain seals . The arch of heav- en , in their view , turns round on the pivot of a high , sharp peak , far to ...
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... earth , you may see there the splen- did pink - white caper , ( capparis , ) with its hundred sta- mens , and delicious odor , and light - green leaves , lav- ishing alone its fragrance and beauty upon rough , unsightly rocks . Even so ...
... earth , you may see there the splen- did pink - white caper , ( capparis , ) with its hundred sta- mens , and delicious odor , and light - green leaves , lav- ishing alone its fragrance and beauty upon rough , unsightly rocks . Even so ...
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... earth - that only one generation back they were the warlike , ferocious , infanticide race , sacri- ficing each other to their gods , which unquestionable facts make them to have been . The last human sacrifices are said to have been ...
... earth - that only one generation back they were the warlike , ferocious , infanticide race , sacri- ficing each other to their gods , which unquestionable facts make them to have been . The last human sacrifices are said to have been ...
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Life in the Sandwich Islands: Or, The Heart of the Pacific, as it was and is Henry Theodore Cheever Visualização completa - 1851 |
Life in the Sandwich Islands: Or, The Heart of the Pacific, as it was and is Henry Theodore Cheever Visualização completa - 1851 |
Life in the Sandwich Islands: Or, The Heart of the Pacific, as it was and is Henry Theodore Cheever Visualização completa - 1851 |
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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...