The Wild White Man and the Blacks of VictoriaFergusson & Moore, 1863 - 90 עמודים |
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
The Wild White Man and the Blacks of Victoria (Classic Reprint) <span dir=ltr>James Bonwick</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2016 |
The Wild White Man & the Blacks of Victoria <span dir=ltr>James Bonwick</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2018 |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 47 - ... when a man becomes infirm and weary of the world, he is said to invite his own children to eat him in the season when salt and limes are cheapest. He then ascends a tree, round which his friends and offspring assemble, and as they shake the tree, join in a funeral dirge, the import of which is, " The season is come, the fruit is ripe, and it must descend.
עמוד 30 - They are as apt and intelligent as any other race of men I am acquainted with: they are subject to the same affections, appetites, and passions as other men...
עמוד 82 - To tender offices and pensive thoughts. —Then let him pass, a blessing on his head! And, long as he can wander, let him breathe The freshness of the valleys; let his blood Struggle with frosty air and winter snows; And let the chartered wind that sweeps the heath Beat his grey locks against his withered face. Reverence the hope whose vital anxiousness Gives the last human interest to his heart. May never HOUSE, misnamed of INDUSTRY...
עמוד 21 - The youngest was the handsomest female I had ever seen amongst -the natives. She was so far from black, that the red colour was very apparent in her cheeks. She sat before me in a corner of the group, nearly in the attitude of Mr. Bailey's fine statue of Eve at the fountain, and apparently equally unconscious that she was naked.
עמוד 19 - ... any hostile measure on my part, and we were suffered to proceed unmolested, for the present. The whole then followed us without any symptom of fear, but making a dreadful shouting, and beating their spears and shields together, by way of intimidation. It is but justice to my men to say that in this critical situation they evinced the greatest coolness though it was impossible for any one to witness such a scene with indifference.
עמוד 77 - All dealings with the aborigines for their lands must be conducted on the same principles of sincerity, justice, and good faith, as must govern your transactions with them for the recognition of Her Majesty's Sovereignty in the Islands. Nor is this all : they must not be permitted to enter into any contracts in which they might be the ignorant and unintentional authors of injuries to themselves.
עמוד 39 - The men seemed unwilling to suffer them to advance, for we had frequently observed that they took particular care upon every occasion to keep the women at a distance, and I believe wholly from an idea of danger. They desired to have the presents for the women and they would carry and deliver them, but to this proposal I positively refused to agree, and made them understand that unless they were allowed to come forward they should not have any. Finding I was determined, an old man who seemed to have...
עמוד 73 - ... are most horrid instruments, being tough, pliant, and heavy almost as lead. Firing small shot into the legs and thighs of a Hottentot, is a punishment not unknown to some of the monsters who inhabit the neighbourhood of Gamtoos River.
עמוד 17 - ... obviously hostile intentions made the application of firearms absolutely necessary to repel them, by which one native was killed and two or three wounded. Previous to this time, several interviews had been held with separate parties, at different places, during which the most friendly intercourse was maintained, and endeavoured to be strengthened on our part by presents of blankets, beads, &c.
עמוד 85 - ... native races must in every instance either perish, or be amalgamated with the general population of their country.