St. Helena: The Historic Island from Its Discovery to the Present DateWard Lock & Company, Limited, 1903 - 343 σελίδες |
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... beautiful mauve and violet peculiar to the pansy , on another the shaded reds and pinks of ger- aniums , and , at a distance , the colourings appear suitable for pigments , but on inspection are found to be of a very coarse nature . 9 ...
... beautiful mauve and violet peculiar to the pansy , on another the shaded reds and pinks of ger- aniums , and , at a distance , the colourings appear suitable for pigments , but on inspection are found to be of a very coarse nature . 9 ...
Σελίδα 44
... beautiful gardens of plantations to lay waste , and threw a great deal into pasture for his asses , of which he kept a numerous stud . His favourite occupation , that of riding them in all weathers , caused him to erect a shed 400 feet ...
... beautiful gardens of plantations to lay waste , and threw a great deal into pasture for his asses , of which he kept a numerous stud . His favourite occupation , that of riding them in all weathers , caused him to erect a shed 400 feet ...
Σελίδα 63
... beautiful spot , Oakbank , to Francis Plain . In both instances this was done with a view to supplying troops then encamped at these places . One good law attributed to him was that which decreed that all children born of any slave ...
... beautiful spot , Oakbank , to Francis Plain . In both instances this was done with a view to supplying troops then encamped at these places . One good law attributed to him was that which decreed that all children born of any slave ...
Σελίδα 69
... lost the knowledge and value of the soil of their beautiful and productive island . In September 1817 two successive and almost instantaneous shocks of earth- quake were felt , which lasted ten seconds . They ST . HELENA 69.
... lost the knowledge and value of the soil of their beautiful and productive island . In September 1817 two successive and almost instantaneous shocks of earth- quake were felt , which lasted ten seconds . They ST . HELENA 69.
Σελίδα 74
... beautiful residence and grounds . Reduction was made in salaries of all Government officials . Not only the officials , but the labouring classes quickly felt the difference , and emigration took place . Many families and about 110 ...
... beautiful residence and grounds . Reduction was made in salaries of all Government officials . Not only the officials , but the labouring classes quickly felt the difference , and emigration took place . Many families and about 110 ...
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St. Helena: The Historic Island from Its Discovery to the Present Date E. L. Jackson Πλήρης προβολή - 1905 |
St. Helena: The Historic Island from Its Discovery to the Present Date E. L. Jackson Πλήρης προβολή - 1905 |
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African anchor appointed arms arrived beautiful boats Brazilian brig brigantine British Broadbottom Buonaparte called Cape Capt Captain captured Castle charge church cinchona Cockburn Colonel Colonial colours command crew Deadwood Diana's Peak Dinizulu East India Company Egg Island England English erected feet fire flowers Francis Plain Fronds garden garrison Government Governor Governor and Council Governour and Company ground Gunner guns height honour inhabitants island James Jamestown John Ladder Hill land leaves letter Lieut Lieutenant Longwood master ment miles military Napoleon negro officers person petioled Plantation plants present prisoners prisoners of war prize punishment Regiment Robert Armitage Sterndale rocks rollers Royal Rupert's Saint Helena Sandy Bay says schooner sent ship shore side Sir Hudson Lowe slave trade South species Sterndale Stipes Surgeon taken town trees troops Valley vessel Vice-Admiralty Court Wasp wharf Willd wood
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Σελίδα 20 - Also we do, for us, our heirs, and successors, declare, by these presents, that all and every the persons, being our subjects, which shall dwell and inhabit within every or any of the said several colonies and plantations, and every of their children, which shall happen to be born within any of the limits and precincts of the said several colonies and plantations, shall have and enjoy all liberties, franchises, and immunities, within...
Σελίδα 152 - To whom we do acknowledge all faith and constant obedience, with all hearty and humble affection, beseeching God, by whom kings and queens do reign, to bless the royal prince George the fourth with long and happy years to reign over us.
Σελίδα 195 - I place myself under the protection of their laws, which I claim from your Royal Highness, as the most powerful, the most constant, and the most generous, of my enemies.
Σελίδα 240 - Yes ! where is he, the Champion and the Child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild ? Whose game was empires and whose stakes were thrones ? Whose table, earth — whose dice were human bones ? Behold the grand result in yon lone isle, And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile.
Σελίδα 226 - On a superficial view the body appeared very fat, which state was confirmed by the first incision down its centre, where the fat was upwards of one inch and a half over the abdomen. On cutting through the cartilages of the ribs, and exposing the cavity of the thorax, a trifling adhesion of the left pleura was found to the pleura costalis.
Σελίδα 18 - ... of our especial grace, certain knowledge,- and mere motion, have given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do...
Σελίδα 195 - Altesse Royale, en butte aux factions qui « divisent mon pays et à l'inimitié des plus grandes « puissances de l'Europe, j'ai terminé ma carrière « politique, et je viens, comme Thémistocle, « m'asseoir au foyer du peuple britannique.
Σελίδα 152 - To My People Beyond the Seas: The countless messages of loyal sympathy that I have received from every part of my dominions over seas testify to the universal grief in which the whole empire now mourns the loss of my beloved mother. "In the welfare and prosperity of her subjects throughout Greater Britain the Queen ever evinced a heartfelt interest. She saw with thankfulness the steady progress which, under the wide extension of self-government, they had made during her reign.
Σελίδα 18 - Know ye, therefore, that We, of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant unto the said...
Σελίδα 152 - Wales ; we, therefore, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this realm, being here assisted with these of his late Majesty's Privy Council, with numbers of other principal gentlemen of quality, with the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and citizens of London, do now hereby, with one voice and consent of tongue and heart, publish and proclaim, that the high and mighty Prince...