A Memoir of Richard Williams : Surgeon: Catechist to the Patagonian Missionary Society in Tierra Del FuegoJames Nisbet, 1854 - 255 pagine |
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Pagina 3
... gave no indication of piety ; but in the transparency and truthfulness of his character might be perceived the germ of future excellence . For if little can be hoped from a childhood where deceit is the constitutional sin , it is seldom ...
... gave no indication of piety ; but in the transparency and truthfulness of his character might be perceived the germ of future excellence . For if little can be hoped from a childhood where deceit is the constitutional sin , it is seldom ...
Pagina 53
... gave him a fair and final opportunity . Far away as Fuegia was , and few as were its hungry bar- barians , he could plead their relative importance . Guiana excepted , of all that mighty continent no other spot was accessible to ...
... gave him a fair and final opportunity . Far away as Fuegia was , and few as were its hungry bar- barians , he could plead their relative importance . Guiana excepted , of all that mighty continent no other spot was accessible to ...
Pagina 62
... gave me explanations , -based on the state of the funds of the Mission , the certainty of damage by wet and damp , and the exposure to robbery by the natives , -which , no doubt , were perfectly satisfactory to himself , and must also ...
... gave me explanations , -based on the state of the funds of the Mission , the certainty of damage by wet and damp , and the exposure to robbery by the natives , -which , no doubt , were perfectly satisfactory to himself , and must also ...
Pagina 69
... gave me an opportunity of talking to the men , and I had a long conversation with them , and endeavoured to impress their minds , by God's help , with thoughts concerning their own salvation . They listened respectfully . Since coming ...
... gave me an opportunity of talking to the men , and I had a long conversation with them , and endeavoured to impress their minds , by God's help , with thoughts concerning their own salvation . They listened respectfully . Since coming ...
Pagina 75
... Gave my tobacco and meerschaum to Erwin , my canister of snuff to the captain . ” The foregoing extracts give a pleasing impres- sion of the writer . They bring out his tender affection for his friends , the humanity and kindli- ness of ...
... Gave my tobacco and meerschaum to Erwin , my canister of snuff to the captain . ” The foregoing extracts give a pleasing impres- sion of the writer . They bring out his tender affection for his friends , the humanity and kindli- ness of ...
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66 Tuesday able anchor arrived Badcock Banner Cove beach Beagle Channel betwixt bless blowing boat Burslem canoes Cape Captain Gardiner cheerful Christ Christian cold comfort Cook's River danger dark delightful Erwin eternal faith favor fear feel felt friends Fuegian Garden Island glorious glory God's grace greatly guanaco hand heart heaven heavenly holy hope Jemmy Jemmy Button Jesus land Lennox Harbour light Lord Maidment meerschaum mercy mind mission missionary Montevideo morning natives Navarin Island ness never night o'clock Ocean Queen party Patagonian PATAGONIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY peace Picton Island Pioneer poor praise prayer present rejoice rocks salvation Saturday Saviour scarcely seemed shewed ship shore sight soon soul Spaniard Harbour Speedwell Spirit Staten Island Straits of Magellan thee things thought tide Tierra del Fuego tion To-day truth unto vessel voyage weather whilst wigwam Williams wind