 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1828 - 428 pages
...in all the horrors of a recovery from his debauch, and scarce capable of saying, " aroha." Pauahi, the only one of his queens who has accompanied him...were twisting and writhing about her head like the snak y hairs of a Medusa. Occupied as both hands and mouth were, she could only give us the salutation... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1828 - 260 pages
...tray in her lap. Upon this, a monstrous cuttle-fish, (sepia octopus, an animal of the mohtsca-vermes tribe,) had just been placed fresh from the sea, and...teeth, the black juices and blood, with which it was rilled, gushed over her face and neck, while the long sucking arms of the fish, in the convulsive paroxysm... | |
 | Ephraim Eveleth - Hawaii - 1829 - 242 pages
...placed, fi-esh from the sea, and in all its life and vigour. The queen had taken it up in both her hands, and brought its body to her mouth: and by a...operation, were twisting and writhing about her head. Occupied as both hands and mouth were, she could only give us the salutation of a nod. It was the first... | |
 | Ephraim Eveleth - Hawaii - 1831 - 218 pages
...and vigour. The queen had taken it up in both her hands, and brought its body to her mouth; and on a single application of her teeth, the black juices...operation, were twisting and writhing about her head. Occupied as both hands and mouth were, she could only give us the salutation of a nod. It was the first... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1839 - 354 pages
...the molusca-vermes tribe — had just been placed fresh from the sea, and in all its life and vigor. The queen had taken it up with both hands, and brought...head, like the snaky hairs of a Medusa. Occupied as hoth hands and mouth were, she could only give us the salutation of a nod. It was the first time either... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1839 - 356 pages
...the molusca-vermes tribe — had just been placed fresh from the sea, and in all its life and vigor. The queen had taken it up with both hands, and brought...arms of the fish, in the convulsive paroxysm of the opera152 NATIONAL CUSTOMS. tion, were twisting and writhing about her head, like the snaky hairs of... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1839 - 356 pages
...the molusca-vermes tribe — had just been placed fresh from the sea, and in all its life and vigor. The queen had taken it up with both hands, and brought...gushed over her face and neck, while the long sucking arras of the-fish, in the convulsive paroxysm of the operation, were twisting 1 and writhing about... | |
 | Sir George Simpson - Alaska - 1847 - 498 pages
...this, a monstrous cuttle-fish had just been placed fresh from the sea, and in all its life and vigor. The queen had taken it up with both hands, and brought...teeth, the black juices and blood, with which it was rilled, gushed over her face and neck, while the long sucking arms of the fish, in the convulsive paroxysm... | |
 | Frances Osborne - Geography - 1850 - 344 pages
...both hands, and brought its body to her mouth, and, by a single application of her teeth, the black blood with which it was filled gushed over her face...the snaky hairs of a Medusa. Occupied as both hands were, she could only give her visitor a nod. Mr. Stewart remarks, ' It was the first time I had seen... | |
 | Frances Osborne - 1851 - 332 pages
...both hands, and brought its body to her mouth, and, by a single application of her teeth, the black blood with which it was filled gushed over her face...the snaky hairs of a Medusa. Occupied as both hands were, she could only give her visitor a nod. Mr. Stewart remarks, ' It was the first time I had seen... | |
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The queen had taken it up with both hands, and brought its body to her mouth : and by a single application of her teeth, the black juices and blood, with which it was filled, gushed over her face and neck, while the long sucking arms of the fish, in the... 
