Na motu: or, Reef-rovings in the South seas, a narrative of adventures at the Hawaiian, Georgian and Society islandsGarrett & Company, 1854 - 370 頁 |
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第 140 頁 - The task proved even longer than had been anticipated, and it was not until the afternoon of the third day that the mischief had been finally remedied, and the Alabama was pronounced in a condition to resume with safety her destructive career. Meanwhile, a brighter look-out than ever was kept from her mastheads. There was still a possibility — though but a...
第 357 頁 - As slow our ship her foamy track Against the wind was cleaving, Her trembling pennant still look'd back To that dear isle 'twas leaving. So loth we part from all we love, From all the links that bind us ; So turn our hearts, as on we rove, To those we've left behind us...
第 355 頁 - Christian marriage had been firmly established; government had been rendered comparatively just and stable; a good written constitution and laws had been enacted; life and property were rendered secure; the country's industry and resources were beginning to be developed. The Hawaiian nation's independence had been acknowledged by other nations, and it was admitted into the fraternity of Christian States. The commerce of the Islands, that is, the value of its commercial exchanges, or bills negotiated...
第 256 頁 - ... to your savage gods ; and I also know that it is useless for me to beg for mercy, for you will not spare my life. You may kill my body ; but you cannot hurt my soul ; for I have begun to pray to Jesus, the knowledge of whom the Missionaries have brought to our island : you may kill my body, but you cannot hurt my soul.
第 375 頁 - Then ascend the ladder of God, And pass within the glorious walls of Jerusalem ; And enter into the peace of God's kingdom. Thou art singing hymns with good angels ; A never-ceasing employment is thy employment there.
第 354 頁 - ... progress found at the lapse of just one quarter of a century, as indicated by a careful survey and comparison of statistics derived on the spot. In the first place, there labored at the Sandwich Islands from 1820 to 1844, at different times, sixty-one male and sixty-seven female missionaries, who performed in all ten hundred and eighty-eight years of missionary service. By these there were expended $608,865 in their outfit, support, and missionary work. After twenty-five years from the first...
第 365 頁 - ... forty-five fathoms (six thousand eight hundred and seventy feet) without reaching bottom. "Within three-quarters of a mile of the southern point of this island, the lead at another throw, after running out for a while, brought up in an instant at three hundred and fifty fathoms, and then dropped off again and descended to six hundred fathoms without reaching bottom. The lagoons are generally shallow, though in the larger islands soundings gave twenty to thirty-five, and even fifty and sixty fathoms.
第 374 頁 - Farewell to the beautiful flower of the Doctor's garden ! It has fallen and vanished away. The flower that budded first did blossom fair; Its splendor was seen ; its fragrance exhaled : But the burning sun came, and it withered, And that beautiful blossom has fallen ! 560 ELEQY ON OP JUDD, JR. The occupant of the garden then wondered That a single flower should have fallen.
第 374 頁 - And that beautiful blossom has fallen ! The occupant of the garden then wondered That a single flower should have fallen. He sought it, but found it not again; it was gone ; It had perished ; it had mingled with the dust. Alas ! what...
第 353 頁 - ... first approached by American missionaries in 1820. It may be of advantage now to take a bird's eye glance at facts showing what has been done and is now doing for their improvement, and to consider what remains to be done in order to complete the work of Christianizing and civilizing the Hawaiian race. We have spent some time at all of the nineteen missionary stations but one where there are resident missionaries, except on the island of Kauai. We have surveyed missionary life under various aspects,...