In Stevenson's SamoaSmith, Elder, & Company, 1895 - Počet stran: 190 |
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... chief ! ' He who hesitates is lost , and to show ignorance concerning bananas and mummy apples to a native would be deplorable indeed . There was nothing for it but to put a bold face on the matter and brazen it out ; so I sallied forth ...
... chief ! ' He who hesitates is lost , and to show ignorance concerning bananas and mummy apples to a native would be deplorable indeed . There was nothing for it but to put a bold face on the matter and brazen it out ; so I sallied forth ...
Strana 27
... chiefs ) showing distinctly against the blue sky.` " Mr. Stevenson and his family received their friends on the verandah , ( generally barefooted , always bareheaded , and clad in loose garments suitable to the climate . ) A number of ...
... chiefs ) showing distinctly against the blue sky.` " Mr. Stevenson and his family received their friends on the verandah , ( generally barefooted , always bareheaded , and clad in loose garments suitable to the climate . ) A number of ...
Strana 28
... chiefs , their wives , & c . , and a drink of kava , we were carried away to be suit- ably decorated for the feast . Ropes of many - col- oured , sweet - smelling flowers were twisted round our necks and waists , and wreaths placed on ...
... chiefs , their wives , & c . , and a drink of kava , we were carried away to be suit- ably decorated for the feast . Ropes of many - col- oured , sweet - smelling flowers were twisted round our necks and waists , and wreaths placed on ...
Strana 32
... chief who sat at the foot of the - well , the board , after proposing the health of Tusitala ' ( the writer of tales ) , who replied in a few kindly words to his island friends , commenced the function of sending round the kava . He ...
... chief who sat at the foot of the - well , the board , after proposing the health of Tusitala ' ( the writer of tales ) , who replied in a few kindly words to his island friends , commenced the function of sending round the kava . He ...
Strana 33
... chief shouted in Samoan it was for the ' New great lady , ' and the cup was taken to my friend . Then he ordered the kava to be carried to Matalanumoana , ' and while we speculated as to who that could be , it was brought smilingly to ...
... chief shouted in Samoan it was for the ' New great lady , ' and the cup was taken to my friend . Then he ordered the kava to be carried to Matalanumoana , ' and while we speculated as to who that could be , it was brought smilingly to ...
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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