In Stevenson's SamoaSmith, Elder, & Company, 1895 - Počet stran: 190 |
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Strana 14
... Mafulu , lived with his wife . He was a fine creature , and suggested so strongly the first man that we often called him ' Adam , ' at which he was well pleased . He was very sharp , and picked . up some English words quickly ; and we ...
... Mafulu , lived with his wife . He was a fine creature , and suggested so strongly the first man that we often called him ' Adam , ' at which he was well pleased . He was very sharp , and picked . up some English words quickly ; and we ...
Strana 15
... Mafulu , who was busy with the stove , elaborately explained how she had been working , and told him to carry in the rest of the things . We soon learned what a blunder we had made in asking a woman to exert herself ; if of her own ...
... Mafulu , who was busy with the stove , elaborately explained how she had been working , and told him to carry in the rest of the things . We soon learned what a blunder we had made in asking a woman to exert herself ; if of her own ...
Strana 16
... Mafulu , who we had been assured could cook well , proudly showed off the stove , and when a grand wood fire had burnt up , he and Cipau joy- ously exclaimed , ' Kel e le tongafitie ! ' ( Great is the devilry ) . When the first ...
... Mafulu , who we had been assured could cook well , proudly showed off the stove , and when a grand wood fire had burnt up , he and Cipau joy- ously exclaimed , ' Kel e le tongafitie ! ' ( Great is the devilry ) . When the first ...
Strana 19
... Mafulu and Cipau beaming upon us , and not a sign of coughs or colds in creation . It was merely their delicate method of announcing it was time to be up and about . So in future , whenever threatenings of bronchitis came from the ...
... Mafulu and Cipau beaming upon us , and not a sign of coughs or colds in creation . It was merely their delicate method of announcing it was time to be up and about . So in future , whenever threatenings of bronchitis came from the ...
Strana 20
... Mafulu slashed off the trees with one stroke of his terrible knife , I decided on avoca pears , citrons , mangoes , oranges and alligator pears . The consequence was that at the end of half an hour enough fruit was lying on the verandah ...
... Mafulu slashed off the trees with one stroke of his terrible knife , I decided on avoca pears , citrons , mangoes , oranges and alligator pears . The consequence was that at the end of half an hour enough fruit was lying on the verandah ...
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afternoon Apia appeared asked bananas beach beautiful Billy blue bread-fruit brown brown islanders Bully Hayes carried chief Christmas Cipau clad clothes cocoa-nut coloured Consulate cook coral coral bays dark delightful dinner dishes dress excitement feet flowers forest friends garlands guests hair hastened head heard hibiscus horses house-boys husband kava kind kindly lava-lava live look Louis Stevenson Mafulu Matalanumoana Matautu mats Misifolo Monkey morning mountains Mulinuu native girls neighbours never night Pacific Pacific islands palm palusame passed picturesque plantation present pretty reef Robert Louis Stevenson round rushed Samoan schooner shanty sight smiling Soenga Solomon Island soon South Sea stove strangers talking-men Talofa Talolo Tamaitai tapa tapo taro tattooed things tiffin Tofa told took trees tropic Tusitala Tuvale Ulla Upolu Vailima verandah village wear wife woman wonderful young youth