Journal of Voyages and Travels by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet, Esq: Deputed from the London Missionary Society, to Visit Their Various Stations in the South Sea Islands, China, India, &c. Between the Years 1821 and 1829, 1. köideCrocker and Brewster, 1832 |
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... stand in direct contradiction to much that will be found in the following pages respecting the introduction of Christianity and its benign effects in the Society Islands . The captain says : - " After many fruitless efforts , some ...
... stand in direct contradiction to much that will be found in the following pages respecting the introduction of Christianity and its benign effects in the Society Islands . The captain says : - " After many fruitless efforts , some ...
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... stands by , with piteous looks , beholding the beverage provided for its sustenance thus recklessly taken away . May 10. The wind being strong , but contrary , we have hitherto made slow progress . To - day we had fine views of Hastings ...
... stands by , with piteous looks , beholding the beverage provided for its sustenance thus recklessly taken away . May 10. The wind being strong , but contrary , we have hitherto made slow progress . To - day we had fine views of Hastings ...
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... stand off from the land , and lay to for the night ; the atmosphere , moreover , being very hazy , and frequent heavy showers descending . Since we left England , we had encountered only one severe gale , and in these seas , surrounded ...
... stand off from the land , and lay to for the night ; the atmosphere , moreover , being very hazy , and frequent heavy showers descending . Since we left England , we had encountered only one severe gale , and in these seas , surrounded ...
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... stands nearly in the midst of a vast circumvallation of towering eminences , that meet and astonish the eye at every turn . The mountains , with surpassing grandeur , and not less 80 MAGNIFICENT NATURAL PANORAMA . beauty of contour and ...
... stands nearly in the midst of a vast circumvallation of towering eminences , that meet and astonish the eye at every turn . The mountains , with surpassing grandeur , and not less 80 MAGNIFICENT NATURAL PANORAMA . beauty of contour and ...
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... stand on very narrow bases , with broad and beetling fronts ; one , facing the harbor , resembles a huge tower , surmounted by a sharp spire ; in another place , a mass of black stone , apart from the adjacent range ( which is brown ...
... stand on very narrow bases , with broad and beetling fronts ; one , facing the harbor , resembles a huge tower , surmounted by a sharp spire ; in another place , a mass of black stone , apart from the adjacent range ( which is brown ...
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Page 247 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 267 - He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.
Page 139 - Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord ; for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith.
Page 2 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 4 - They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, And his wonders in the deep.
Page 22 - And A Man shall be as an hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 222 - I lead in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of judgment: That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance ; And I will fill their treasures.
Page 261 - Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house ; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
Page 145 - Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes ; for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left ; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Page 193 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and CHANGED the glory of the uncorruptible God into AN IMAGE made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.