New Zealand, the "Britain of the South:": With a Chapter on the Native War, and Our Future Native PolicyE. Stanfod, 1861 - 519 pages |
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... land , a land of brooks of water , of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills a land of wheat and barley , and vines and fig - trees , and pome- granates a land of oil , and olive , and honey : a land wherein thou ...
... land , a land of brooks of water , of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills a land of wheat and barley , and vines and fig - trees , and pome- granates a land of oil , and olive , and honey : a land wherein thou ...
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... Land , the Terra Australis Incognita , an exceeding rich gold countrie and fair land of diamonds and precious stones , " which the old explorers and ancient mariners of those times fondly hoped to light on some day in the South Pacific ...
... Land , the Terra Australis Incognita , an exceeding rich gold countrie and fair land of diamonds and precious stones , " which the old explorers and ancient mariners of those times fondly hoped to light on some day in the South Pacific ...
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... land , " which he visited in his wanderings is perhaps more applicable to New Zealand than to any other South Sea country with which we are acquainted . Whoever , though , may have been the European navigator who first stumbled on New ...
... land , " which he visited in his wanderings is perhaps more applicable to New Zealand than to any other South Sea country with which we are acquainted . Whoever , though , may have been the European navigator who first stumbled on New ...
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... Land , without , as he says , having set foot on its shores , and naming it Nova Zealandia , after the Dutch pro- vince of Zealand . In 1768 , George the Third , at the instance of the Royal Society , despatched Lieutenant Cook to ...
... Land , without , as he says , having set foot on its shores , and naming it Nova Zealandia , after the Dutch pro- vince of Zealand . In 1768 , George the Third , at the instance of the Royal Society , despatched Lieutenant Cook to ...
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... land here mean some beneficial occupancy and enjoyment of land ? Surely yes . The New Zealanders were not a hunting people of nomad tribes roaming over the country in quest of game - food . They were a village - dwelling , man- eating ...
... land here mean some beneficial occupancy and enjoyment of land ? Surely yes . The New Zealanders were not a hunting people of nomad tribes roaming over the country in quest of game - food . They were a village - dwelling , man- eating ...
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Page vi - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page vi - God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley and vines and...
Page 14 - And she may still exist in undiminished vigour when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's.
Page 370 - Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : And I will bless them that bless thee : and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Page 391 - Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you, Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 161 - Purposes herein-after mentioned; (that is to say,) 1. The Imposition or Regulation of Duties of Customs to be imposed on the Importation or Exportation of any Goods at any Port or Place in the Province: 2. The Establishment or Abolition of any Court of Judicature of Civil or Criminal Jurisdiction, except Courts for trying and punishing such Offences as by the Law of New Zealand are or may be made punishable in a summary Way, or altering the Constitution, Jurisdiction, or Practice of any such Court,...
Page 19 - Hunehuna, where they made a stand. During the fight Hongi stepped from behind a tree to discharge his musket, when a ball struck him : it broke his collar-bone, passed in an oblique direction through his right breast, and came out a little below his shoulder-blade close to the spine. This shot interrupted his career. The wound never closed ; and the wind whistling through it afforded amusement to the sinking warrior.
Page 19 - The next day he fainted, and was supposed to be dead ; when he revived, he said, he should die, but not until the morrow. He ordered his powder to be brought to him, and when he saw it, he said to his children, Ka ora koutou, — you will be safe ; intimating, the powder would be their protection.
Page 501 - Should this be the case, it will probably load to the acquisition of all the land south of the Waitara River, which is essentially necessary for the consolidation of the province, as well as for the use of the settlers. It is also most important to vindicate our right to purchase from those who have both the right and the desire to sell.