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Excerpt: In The South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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...nsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in... ...n: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Robert Louis ... ... I set forth upon my voy age, I believed I was come to the afterpiece of life, and had only the nurse and undertaker to expect. It was suggested that ... ...ould thus have reversed the verdict of Lord Tennyson’s hero is less eccentric than appears. Few men who come to the islands leave them; they grow grey... ...ture in low latitudes; it is a point on which the scientific and sentimental tourist are at one, and has inspired some tasteful poetry. The period cer... ...beach, and climbing and fringing the steep sides of mountains. Rude and bare hills embraced the inlet upon either hand; it was enclosed to the landwar... ...ee what men might be whose fathers had never studied Virgil, had never been conquered by Caesar, and never been ruled by the wisdom of Gaius or Papini... ...y strip up her dress, and, with cries of wonder and delight, rub herself bare-breeched upon the velvet cushions. Biscuit, jam, and syrup was the enter... ...nd what I knew of the Cluny Macphersons, or the Appin Stewarts, enabled me to learn, and helped me to understand, about the Tevas of Tahiti. The nativ...

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Excerpt: Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville.

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...Omoo Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication... ...tate Electronic Classics Series Publication Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...e as an electronic transmission, in any way. Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Clas... ...an equal opportunity university. 3 Melville Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville PART I CHAPTER I. MY RECEPTION ABOARD IT WAS the mi... ...ort. In this way men are frequently shipped on board whalemen in the South Seas. My stipulation was acceded to, and the ship’s articles handed me to s... ... of service, was at last employed as a government packet in the Australian seas. Being condemned, however, about two years previous, she was purchased... ... founded is this. A year or two after his landing there hap- pened to be a season of scarcity, owing to the partial failure of the breadfruit harvest ... ...g to the partial failure of the breadfruit harvest for several consecutive seasons. This brought about such a falling off in the number of subjects fo... ...ke pups ashore. But, at intervals, the gray albatross, pecu- liar to these seas, came flapping his immense wings over us, and then skimmed away silent...

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Excerpt: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville.

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...Typee A Romance of the South Seas By Herman Melville A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION... ...TATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Typee: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...e as an electronic transmission, in any way. Typee: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Clas... ...an equal opportunity university. 3 Melville Typee: A Romance of the South Seas By Herman Melville PREFACE More than three years have elapsed since th... ...e, again, it seems wisest to leave the re- maining adventures in the South Seas to the reader’s own discovery, simply stating that, after a sojourn at... ...romance. Whether our author entered on his whaling adventures in the South Seas with a determination to make them available for literary purposes, may... ...ngagements in the lyceums, chiefly speaking of his adventures in the South Seas. He lectured in cities as widely apart as Montreal, Chi- cago, Baltimo... ...on- siderable severity on the methods pursued by missionaries in the South Seas. The manuscript was printed in a complete form in England, and created... ...cumbersome sub-title of the book, calling it a ‘Real- Romance of the South Seas,’ as best expressing its nature. The success of his first volume encou...

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...- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilcar's voyage to the North seas -- Wonderful lands and fountains -- Astounding adventures of Hanuo -- Weird sights on the shores of ancient Africa -- Witches and Snake charmers -- Among the mermaids -- Voyage of Pytheas, the philosopher -- Tears of sor...

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...iscovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilcar's voyage to the North seas -- Wonderful lands and fountains -- Astounding adventures of Hanuo... ...ion against the Spanish -- Secrecy maintained by Drake -- Dangers in the South Seas -- His departure on a pirating cruise - - In trouble with Barbary ... ...Fuegan conjurers minister to a fatally injured boy -- Discoveries in the South Seas -- A pleasant intercourse with islanders -- Enthusiastic reception... ...bestow, and my chief aim will be accordingly accomplished. Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands. CHAPTER I. THE ROLLING STONE OF HISTORY. Of all ... ...ce of nature, that where land now is the ocean was once spread, and where deep seas now roll in perpetual unrest a verdant plain or forest-covered cou... ...was a great port of entry for vessels passing out of the Mediterranean and Red Seas on the voyage to India. From this city also started caravans overl... ...ited his life to the irate king in consequence. HAMILCAR'S VOYAGE TO THE NORTH SEAS. Himilco, or Hamilcar, and Hanno his brother, 443 years before Chr... ...tween ports of the Mediterranean and India, and that the Red and Mediterranean seas were connected by a canal to facilitate this trade, while as late ... ...e-half, lie commercial nations whose thousands of vessels ploughed the limited seas. Twenty-five hundred years ago the Phoenicians, the Zidonians, and...

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...Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is Herman Melville's sequel to Typee , and, as such, was also autobiographical. After leaving Nuku Hiva, the main character ships aboard a whaling vessel which makes its way to Tahiti, after which there is a mutiny and t...

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...and in imminent danger have fled the atrocities of the regime by a boat called the Blue Moon to seek protection in a new land. Battling over the high seas through many violent tempests, their sea unworthy vessel, Blue Moon sailed for days until one evening it was spotted under the roaming beam of the light house on murky waters. The boat has finally reached the shores of D...

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... present day and we meet Mark. Also barely out of his teens Mark has made the bold decision to leave his homeland of Australia and venture across the seas to rural England to meet his long time no see Father. His quest leads to a life far removed and different from his own. In the lush fields of Lincolnshire Mark discovers the derelict remains of RAF East Wigram, a bomber ...

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... in the south, and the Mariana Archipelago in the west, as well as the high seas areas where U.S. interests lie. It is the largest geographic area wi... ... for the state of Hawai‘i, a huge gain during a traditionally slow visi- tor season. But the true impact of APEC, according to Inouye, will be felt in...

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...e undu- lous deep Stretch to the Berkshires, proclaiming the conquering season ; Dash on the Catskills, repulsed by the envious steep. ef I gaze... ...e? These are the pebbles small men throw at great. Arnold. No. 'Tis the season for my wounds to ache; And with them aches the rest. - Mrs. Arnol... ...March, or the leaf upon your banks to sprout in April? It is because the season fulfils itself; and what is to be, cometh forth, and no one may st... ...; I am far away long ago; one of those Argonauts ,, That in the western seas, with sturdy oar, Urging their venturesome and sacred Steered a new ...

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...can give your mind a room where it can withdraw into itself and plumb the violet seas of consciousness. The psyche is an apparently uncultivated ter... ...e. I have thought, more than once, that a person’s name should change with the seasons, reflecting periods of existence, mood swings and life’s up... ...o looking outside, almost spellbound, and his eyes appear to be dreaming of warm seasons and running barefoot. “Do you like playing with sand?” I as... ...you still remember it well?” “Exactly. Though it may seem strange, after so many seasons have passed, I can still recall clearly not only the images... ...pires from your every action, and is spread all around you. It is a rose with no season for dying and, for every petal given, it acquires a hundred....

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... a Sabbath, purposing to warn my flock against the several indulgences to which at that season we are all exposed, I chose for my text the 4 th , 5 ... ... words which our Lord spake upon the earth, “It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye ... ...ing under the walls of the Vatican, met with the truth which God’s Spirit had, during a season of affliction, taught me, in the midst of the intelle... ...n and restoration at the coming of Messiah; by one of whom was given also the times and seasons thereof, exactly numbered and set off; so it is anal... ... and might, who is about to be put into sure possession thereof, when the times and the seasons appointed by the Father should have fulfilled their ... ...lso times determined, before which the Saviour is not to come? Yes; but these times and seasons the Father hath reserved in his own power. But are t... ...wful impression of the fearful times in which we live. While you are dreaming of smooth seas and a harmonious crew, and a haven hard at hand, we see ... ...parts of the future tree lie undisclosed, ready to reveal themselves when the times and seasons and other conditions which God hath appointed to dete... ...g corruption, waiting and expecting, till the Father shall accomplish the times and the seasons, and bring in the days of refreshing spoken of by al...

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...Burning:1 Burning 2 Un-Meaning Answering Stones Architectures No Track One Leaf Direction The Seas It Doesn’t Last Tangled History, Futures Programme Singing In The Silence Human Gatherers Of Light Powerless Directions Mind Through You I See Make Riding The Earth Orbits The Silent Fire Arrow-flights T...

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...n Kippen decided he'd ask to take the place of his fallen friend aboard Hugh Glynn's vessel as a dory mate, and from there we have a tale of the open seas between Gloucester and Newfoundland where perhaps only the names and locations have changed from the countless stories of similar nature; the key being that this one, however, is first hand. (Summary by Roger Melin)...

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... one has to look at all. MAGNIFICENT! Poetess Josephine Russo “One Beautiful Season”: You must truly live with the Gods on Mount Olympus! There is no ... ...ments of Heaven It was light and darkness and he who called the land and the seas for his maker, became the third day. She was given to shine upon thi... ...be the eternal speaker of the stars. 31 Heaven Folds Her Miracles Her sweet seasons enlighten the days and the months of every moon aglow. Where new ... ...ies. She stirs her prayers weighed in the balance of love. For all there are seasons, swifter her wings have sped the domains and shall create whirlwi... ...ily pleasures of paradise. Angels forfeit their immortality just to feel the seasons change whenever she takes a breath. She is a gift of pure radianc... ...ariots of heaven unto me. To love the hand that holds my heart within loving seas that rest within her breath. 39 Towers of Ivory Clouds She is above... ...l human spirits to her holy place that brings harmony to the universe. Where seas of blue praise the sky and every kiss seeks its blessing upon her ch... .... And her heart’s fill is the drink of love from the fountain of the utopian seas. 42 Her Silk Roads of Heaven She is a beautiful vision of God, wher... ...ing blossom that possesses an immortal order of nature in the image of every season. She is everything that you see in the world, a love inspiring God...

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...aith Kabir, in deep meditation: Help me, O True Lord, to cross the trouble seas of the world. (Saint Kabir, P 656) slok Bgq kbIr jIau ky - pM... ...wjy Awpy jwxY soeI ] 21 ] “No one knows the time, date, period, day, or season or month of the year when this Universe came into existence. Let ... ...lame. As you sow, so shall you reap! Blessed are the twelve months, the seasons, the lunar and the solar days, the hours, the minutes and the sec...

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...ed from the Middle East through southern Russia, between the Black and the Caspian seas. Contemporaries did not use the term "Black Death". The... ...Pius V failed to restore the essential correspondence between the calendar and the seasons. Pope Gregory XIII decided - in his tenth year in off... ...a blend of cotton and linen. Throughout history, numerous objects served as money: seashells, stones, whales' teeth, cattle and manillas (ornamenta... ... in diameter. The eyes of this beast - which stalks the darkness of the deepest seas, up to 1000 meters below the surface - are as big as human ... ...supposed to cause suicidal ideation. There is even a mental health syndrome called Seasonal Affective Disorder, supposedly alleviated by bright lig... ...herkules.oulu.fi/isbn9514256042/html/x1225.html http://www.vifp.monash.edu.au/raicog/season.html T Tapeworms Tapeworms affect not only the ...

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...l the simplicity and originality of the life. The timelessness feeling. The lack of hastiness. The hunger. The poverty. The dry seasons. The wet sea... ... to all the elements of life too and he could also feel the rhythm of life. He could touch the bluer skies and swim the deepest seas. Once he swam s...

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...nimals here; and luminous people and cities and rivers ; and mountains and seas and skies. And the whole Earth was here , shining from within, and al... ...r has passed, the rain has ceased ; “ ‘flowers came out on the earth ; the season for songs sets in... “ ‘...rise, my dear, my beautiful, and come awa...