Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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Page 4
... face to face with one of the old heathen gods and heard in the dis- tance born on the moonlit air the soft croonings of an Hawaiian woman to the mellow notes of the ukulele . It was so still that before the singing began I thought I ...
... face to face with one of the old heathen gods and heard in the dis- tance born on the moonlit air the soft croonings of an Hawaiian woman to the mellow notes of the ukulele . It was so still that before the singing began I thought I ...
Page 16
... face of musketry that they retreated up the valley with the Kamehameha army following them . The Maui army made their last stand on the present site of ' Ka- paniwai , ' and here they were slaughtered by the attacking army . The bodies ...
... face of musketry that they retreated up the valley with the Kamehameha army following them . The Maui army made their last stand on the present site of ' Ka- paniwai , ' and here they were slaughtered by the attacking army . The bodies ...
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... face , Clasped amid the loving waters Of thy mother's fond embrace . caress , and the eye is pleased with the delight of a color panorama that is un- equaled the world over . Again sings the poet in his " Sleep sweetly , Hawaii ...
... face , Clasped amid the loving waters Of thy mother's fond embrace . caress , and the eye is pleased with the delight of a color panorama that is un- equaled the world over . Again sings the poet in his " Sleep sweetly , Hawaii ...
Page 77
... face , the name having been conferred by Po- bolo in a splendid bit of statecraft . Lean- face was not only spare of cheek but con- tracted in belly and scrawny of limbs . Pobolo frequently ridiculed him to the chief . " Behold this Lean - ...
... face , the name having been conferred by Po- bolo in a splendid bit of statecraft . Lean- face was not only spare of cheek but con- tracted in belly and scrawny of limbs . Pobolo frequently ridiculed him to the chief . " Behold this Lean - ...
Page 78
... face availed himself of this audience . Ugwuf always denied him in the end . For instance , Lean - face wished to have the dead buried in the ground instead of being thrown over a cliff . The plan was a safe - guard against their coming ...
... face availed himself of this audience . Ugwuf always denied him in the end . For instance , Lean - face wished to have the dead buried in the ground instead of being thrown over a cliff . The plan was a safe - guard against their coming ...
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