In Stevenson's SamoaSmith, Elder, & Company, 1895 - Počet stran: 190 |
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Strana 34
... give out , ' or the flour might ' give out , ' but - their tobacco ! As we sat there , every few minutes picturesque natives flitted across through the blackness , light- ing their way with torches ; all were smiling and excited with ...
... give out , ' or the flour might ' give out , ' but - their tobacco ! As we sat there , every few minutes picturesque natives flitted across through the blackness , light- ing their way with torches ; all were smiling and excited with ...
Strana 53
... give them every opportunity to depart when they would . There is a standard joke among white settlers , which is , that people who have lived long among the islands , after they return to civilisation seldom altogether lose the habit of ...
... give them every opportunity to depart when they would . There is a standard joke among white settlers , which is , that people who have lived long among the islands , after they return to civilisation seldom altogether lose the habit of ...
Strana 58
... give anyone any trouble . We had been told how common infanticide was among Solomon Islanders living in Samoa , and were afraid that Billy might see fit to do away with the little one ; so we praised it very much , and told them it was ...
... give anyone any trouble . We had been told how common infanticide was among Solomon Islanders living in Samoa , and were afraid that Billy might see fit to do away with the little one ; so we praised it very much , and told them it was ...
Strana 63
... give him some local gossip which was comparatively recent . It was interesting to note how the insular Britisher was far more strongly accentuated in his personality than when he left England many years ago . It is often the way with ...
... give him some local gossip which was comparatively recent . It was interesting to note how the insular Britisher was far more strongly accentuated in his personality than when he left England many years ago . It is often the way with ...
Strana 71
... give pleasure or amusement to the guests at his forthcoming Christmas party . Everyone we met was delighted to see him ; for he had not been very well for a few days , and ru- mour , always violently on the alert in Samoa , had ...
... give pleasure or amusement to the guests at his forthcoming Christmas party . Everyone we met was delighted to see him ; for he had not been very well for a few days , and ru- mour , always violently on the alert in Samoa , had ...
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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