Hawaii: the Past, Present, and Future of Its Island-kingdom: An Historical Account of the Sandwich Islands (Polynesia)Longmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 523 strani |
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Stran xi
... remarkable union of the attractiveness of childhood with the strength of maturity . And this union of diverse elements in their nature has embodied itself strikingly in their institu- tions , and fixed itself in their history . In this ...
... remarkable union of the attractiveness of childhood with the strength of maturity . And this union of diverse elements in their nature has embodied itself strikingly in their institu- tions , and fixed itself in their history . In this ...
Stran xiii
... remarkable , too , that in this sudden and entire deliverance of the people from the meshes of their old superstition , the leading instru- ment should be a woman - a Queen - mother , strengthen- ing the halting hands of the young and ...
... remarkable , too , that in this sudden and entire deliverance of the people from the meshes of their old superstition , the leading instru- ment should be a woman - a Queen - mother , strengthen- ing the halting hands of the young and ...
Stran 14
... remarkable salt lake , named Aliapaakai , situated four miles from Honolulu , and one mile inland from the sea , is probably the remains of a volcanic crater . Its form is oval , being about a mile in circuit ; its elevation above the ...
... remarkable salt lake , named Aliapaakai , situated four miles from Honolulu , and one mile inland from the sea , is probably the remains of a volcanic crater . Its form is oval , being about a mile in circuit ; its elevation above the ...
Stran 20
... remarkable cones they had previously seen . Jets of the seething cauldron were thrown upwards at intervals , and hissing vapour oozed from many fissures in the fixed lava - bed on which they trod , the form of which was continually ...
... remarkable cones they had previously seen . Jets of the seething cauldron were thrown upwards at intervals , and hissing vapour oozed from many fissures in the fixed lava - bed on which they trod , the form of which was continually ...
Stran 33
... remarkable for the beauty of their plumage ; a small paroquet of glossy purple , the tropic bird , the feathers of which are used . to form the kahili , a kind of fan carried near the king Ellis gives a meteorological table kept by the ...
... remarkable for the beauty of their plumage ; a small paroquet of glossy purple , the tropic bird , the feathers of which are used . to form the kahili , a kind of fan carried near the king Ellis gives a meteorological table kept by the ...
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afterwards American missionaries appear arrived beautiful bishop boat Boki canoe Captain character chiefs Christian Church commander Consul Cook Cook's coral crater death Ellis England English father feet fire foreign French George Paulet harbour Hawaii Hawaiian government Hawaiian Islands Hawaiian language heiau Honolulu honour idolatry idols intercourse Kaahumanu Kaiana Kalaniopuu Kamé Kaméhaméha Kauai Kaumualii Keona Keopuolani Kilauea King King's kingdom labour Lahaina land language latter lava laws Liholiho living Lono Lord Majesty Maui Mauna Mauna Loa ment miles Minister mission mountain nation natives Niihau Oahu ocean Pacific party persons Polynesian possessed present priests Queen race received reefs reign religion religious remarkable residents Roman royal sailed Sandwich Islands sent ships shore side Sir George Simpson subjects tabu Tahiti tion took treaty Vancouver vessel volcanic voyage whilst worship Wyllie young