| 单词 | South Sea |
| 例句 | A man could well despair of getting home at all, if the winds blew him over the Great South Sea—that weary waste, even the wintering birds delay one winter more before the northward crossing. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Australia has the last carefully regulated and protected wild South Sea oyster beds in the world.” Special Report: A Cut Above: Jewelry: Mother Nature Fights Back 2010-12-10T18:40:00Z "My mind is always soothed when I imagine myself sitting on my South Sea island at night," he said. Marlon Brando's island paradise in Tetiaroa, French Polynesia 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Seizing its chance, the South Sea Company started beating the war drum, successfully lobbying for a concerted military intervention to wrest control of the West Indies and even South America from Spain. Review | If you like action-packed historical novels, ‘The War of Jenkins’ Ear’ is just the book for you 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z I think the book must have been South Sea Adventure – the second in Price's Adventure series starring Hal and Roger Hunt, the brothers who travel the world capturing animals for their father's Long Island zoo. Willard Price's stories make reading an adventure for young people 2010-07-20T14:05:00Z In his 1994 autobiography, “Songs My Mother Taught Me,” he wrote, “My mind is always soothed when I imagine myself sitting on my South Sea island at night.” Kirkland lawyer guards the brand of Marlon Brando 2013-12-29T02:06:30Z The path across the Oriental rug in Joan and George Hornig’s Park Avenue master suite is strewn with both and sprinkled with green amethysts, whiskey tourmalines and South Sea pearls. Away: A Couple?s Estate on the East End of Long Island 2010-04-22T21:23:00Z In 1713 Britain’s South Sea Company entered the slave trade, paying Spain a hefty sum for the right to transport African captives to the West Indies. Review | If you like action-packed historical novels, ‘The War of Jenkins’ Ear’ is just the book for you 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Sarah became famous for avoiding the losses so many of her contemporaries incurred in the South Sea Bubble of 1720, when investors poured money into the South Sea Company. The real women of "The Favourite" included an 18th-century Warren Buffett 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z “We looked at a variety of different pearls — South Sea, iridescent and natural — and decided that the natural pearls looked the most beautiful.” The Tale of Lupita Nyong'o's Stolen Oscars Dress Deepens 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Set on a fictional South Sea island, Thomas' unaired drama tells of a romance between a British trader and an island girl. Thomas script to get Radio 3 premiere 2014-01-29T13:50:25Z Consider Ishmael’s new friend Queequeg, the extravagantly tattooed harpooneer, a prince of his forsaken South Sea island. Call me the greatest American novel 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z She wakes up on a South Sea island, on a train through the Austrian Alps and in her own bed, never knowing how she got any to those places. Tom Cruise's crazy, clever comeback attempt 2010-06-23T13:01:00Z She would wake at sunrise to compose letters to her parents about campus life, as though, she’d later recall, she were “Margaret Mead observing the behaviors of some South Sea island tribe.” Joyce Maynard’s Second Chances 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Jack London's South Sea tales are full of desperate characters forced into heroism, told in a prose that is vigorous and poetic by turns. Anthony McGowan's top 10 global adventures 2012-07-05T08:00:00Z The young Tahitian islander was brought to London from the South Sea islands in 1774 and was placed in the care of explorer Joseph Banks and taught English manners. Joshua Reynolds' Omai to remain in UK after Ed Vaizey's intervention 2012-07-02T23:03:03Z One of the most arresting pieces in the show is one of his most recent purchases, a small wooden figure slumped on a battered wooden chair, a tomb guardian from the South Sea. Dead good 2012-11-14T18:50:22Z Pope’s flowery language and mythological references seem strained to 21st century ears, but his basic meaning is plain: “Come fill the South Sea goblet full,” he wrote. A Bull or a Bear Market? It Doesn’t Matter. 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Each crisis, going back to Britain’s notorious 18th-century South Sea Company bubble, has its unique aspects. Opinion | In the Silicon Valley Bank debacle, greed and fear ruled, not the rules 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z It invested heavily in the South Sea Company, which held a monopoly on transporting enslaved people from Africa to Spanish-controlled ports in the Americas. Church of England sheds light on ‘shameful’ slave trade ties 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The report estimated that the South Sea Company transported 34,000 slaves "in crowded, unsanitary, unsafe and inhumane conditions" during its 30 years of operation. Church of England announces £100m fund after slavery links 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The university also received donations from investors in both companies, and directly invested in another company active in the slave trade, the South Sea Company, the study revealed. Study finds Cambridge University 'benefitted from slavery' 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Cultured South Sea pearls are the most valuable type of cultured pearl on the market today. How India is building a pearl farming industry 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z The South Sea Company had an exclusive contract to transport slaves from Africa to Spanish colonies in South America for more than 30 years from the 1710s. Archbishop of Canterbury apologises over Church fund's link to slavery 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z “Investors in the South Sea Company would have known that it was trading in enslaved people,” it said. Church of England sheds light on ‘shameful’ slave trade ties 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Smith’s novels were filled with bloodshed, bodice ripping and exotic settings, transporting readers to the pyramids of ancient Egypt, a salvage ship in the frigid South Sea and elephant hunts in Zimbabwe. Wilbur Smith, best-selling author of African adventure tales, dies at 88 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z “So far, many storms you saw were far away, some South Sea islands that were at risk of being flooded. And now, suddenly, the water is flooding our own cellars.” Floods fuel climate debate in Germany’s election campaign 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z At least the South Sea bubble of the 18th century involved fraud: Investors thought they were buying shares in a valuable company. Opinion | The good guys in the GameStop story? It’s the hedge funds and short sellers. 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Church investments in the South Sea Company continued well into the 19th century. Archbishop of Canterbury apologises over Church fund's link to slavery 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z This crash, popularly known as the South Sea Bubble, inspired a range of scrapbooks and satirical drawings that pointed to the absurdities of speculating. They say capitalism is over. Want to buy a piece? 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z “I believe this event will be recorded as one of the great bubbles of financial history, right along with the South Sea bubble, 1929 and 2000,” he wrote in a report this past week. The Markets’ Strange Disregard for the Chaos in Washington 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z “I believe this event will be recorded as one of the great bubbles of financial history, right along with the South Sea bubble, 1929, and 2000,” Grantham said in a letter to clients. Elon Musk becomes world's richest person 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z “Australia, in this global moment of Black Lives Matter, is revealing itself as the colonial outpost that it is,” said Dr Chelsea Bond, a Munanjali and South Sea Islander academic at the University of Queensland. Indigenous inequality in spotlight as Australia faces reckoning on race 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Two South Sea Islanders fall in love, followed by a hurricane. Movies on TV this week: April 1 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z The crew was headed in that direction, as it won the second and third legs of the race, conquering a perilous passage through the South Sea. Making 'Maiden' was almost as challenging as the sailing race it chronicles 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z The South Sea Company, the enterprise behind the ‘bubble’, was entangled in the cruelties of the Atlantic slave trade. Moon on the mind: two millennia of lunar literature 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Mackay’s chapters on the South Sea Bubble and the Mississippi Scheme alone are worth the price of admission. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Ageism, Bauhaus’s beauty and a virtuoso headline performance 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Bribery and insider dealing combined with public credulity to drive the share price of the South Sea Company unsustainably high, and in 1720 the bubble burst, causing widespread financial ruin. Robinson Crusoe at 300: why it’s time to let go of this colonial fairytale 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z And if that’s not enough romance, the area reputedly inspired many of the South Sea descriptions in Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island” after he visited in 1879, and the 1934 film was partially shot there. Lit Trips: Cruise around Big Sur for these literary adventures along the coast 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The failure of the South Sea Company was the crisis that shaped our understanding of the dangers of speculative bubbles. Boom or bust: What culture tells us about money 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Hogarth’s earliest targets were the state lottery, and the ruinous insider trading of the South Sea Bubble. Gin, syphilis, lunacy: Hogarth’s grotesques united in new show 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Ostrich feathers adorned sandals and earrings held pearls from the South Sea. Prabal Gurung screams for peace in living color 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z My people are the Olkola people on my dad’s side as well as South Sea Islander and Scottish, my mum is Fijian and Chinese. In a world where everyone talks and no one listens, a good photo can make us stop | LaVonne Bobongie 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z The company was part of a clever scheme to finance government debt, which could be converted into South Sea shares. Look Out, Bitcoin Has Lost Its Tether 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z But amongst the devoted followers there is concern about what the Queen of the South Sea will think. A feminist revolution in an ancient kingdom 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z As of May 12, the ‘South Sea’ was docked at Corpus Christi in Texas, shipping data on Thomson Reuters Eikon showed. Exclusive: Saudi Aramco trading arm ATC sells first U.S. oil to... 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z In a new IMF working paper, Jihad Dagher examines the political-economy elements of ten financial crises, beginning with the South Sea Bubble in Britain, and finds they had much in common. Financial regulators too often think “this time is different” 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z If everyone tried to realise their bitcoin wealth for millions, the market would dry up and the price would crash; that is what happened with the Mississippi and the contemporaneous South Sea bubbles. The bitcoin bubble 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z He decided to sell his shares in the South Sea Co., earning a 100% profit. Look Out, Bitcoin Has Lost Its Tether 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z That was a description of a British share offering that rode the tails of the South Sea Company, a massive financial bubble. Where’s Crypto? Let’s Play Geographic Roulette 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z She then framed the works — painted with brushes made from the hair of squirrels’ tails — with diamonds, gemstones and South Sea pearls, turning them into earrings that give refined meaning to the term ‘‘wearable art.’’ null 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z When Britain’s Parliament voted to protect the value of shares in the South Sea Company, for example, many of its members owned some. Financial regulators too often think “this time is different” 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Shen Jinlong, a former commander of the South Sea Fleet responsible for defending China’s claim to virtually the entire South China Sea. China launches its first domestically-made aircraft carrier 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Britain gave the South Sea Co., founded in 1711, a monopoly on trade with South America. Look Out, Bitcoin Has Lost Its Tether 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z At wholesale prices, these Australian South Sea pearls can fetch up to $30,000 each, according to Global Industry Analysts Inc., a U.S.-based research firm. For Australia’s Pearl Farmers, the Wild Is Their Oyster 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z South-East Asian nations have failed to agree a common position on Chinese claims to the South Sea China, after a court ruled against Beijing. South China Sea: Asean deadlock after court ruling against China - BBC News 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z Brooke Garber Neidich, owner and creative director of Chicago boutique Sidney Garber—another designer who’s radically transforming the look of pearls—dangles a massive South Sea pearl on a bold choker. Pearl Jewelry That Is Anything But Prim 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Amid the flood of business corruption involving the South Sea "Bubble" and other doubtful companies, Daniel Defoe wrote a cautionary tale "On the Evils of Stock Speculations" in 1720 under the pseudonym "Anti-Jobber". The Vocabularist: Speculation doesn't have to be 'mere' - BBC News 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z As the stock rose, South Sea’s profit would come from the difference between the share price and the value of the underlying debt. Look Out, Bitcoin Has Lost Its Tether 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Atlas Pearls and Perfumes Ltd., which farms South Sea pearls in Indonesia, also reported record sales at a Kobe auction in April. For Australia’s Pearl Farmers, the Wild Is Their Oyster 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z Yarrabah was settled as an Anglican mission in the 1890s, and Aboriginal and some South Sea island natives were forcibly relocated here from their traditional lands. Aboriginal Brass Band Offers Burst of Hope in a Bleak Community 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Ishmael’s friend Queequeg, a cannibal from the South Sea islands, got a 90th lay because he had experience with a harpoon. Fin-tech 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Before cowboys and Indians and the buffalo, it was Nantucketers and South Sea Islanders and the whale.” The True History of Cannibalism Behind 'In the Heart of the Sea' 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z There was a government slush fund buying up South Sea shares, making it easier to get rid of more government debt. Look Out, Bitcoin Has Lost Its Tether 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z They’re also cheaper to produce because a single freshwater mussel can yield as many as 50 pearls, whereas a South Sea oyster grows just one. For Australia’s Pearl Farmers, the Wild Is Their Oyster 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z China even has gone so far as to say that the English name of the South China Sea mean the islands belong to the Chinese, although its Chinese name is the South Sea. U.S. to Press China on Island Expansions 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Isaac Newton, whose laws of motion and gravity arguably make him the most important scientist ever, bought into the South Sea Bubble of 1720. Overvalued in Silicon Valley, but Not the Word That Must Not Be Uttered 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Back in 1720, Isaac Newton, arguably the smartest human being who ever lived, intellectually knew that the South Sea Company was a fraud and a bubble. Our House Of Cards Economy 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z “We looked at a variety of different pearls — South Sea, iridescent and natural — and decided that the natural pearls looked the most beautiful,” Costa said. Lupita Nyong’o’s stolen Oscar gown appears to have been found 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z They can now produce shiny, round, freshwater pearls that measure between 15 and 17 millimeters across, rivaling the quality of midrange South Sea ones. For Australia’s Pearl Farmers, the Wild Is Their Oyster 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z The fashion house had been working on the dress since November, Costa says, and all that hand-sewing of South Sea pearls was done in the New York atelier. Oscars not diverse enough? Vanity Fair after-party had beautiful people of all colors 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Now, prompted by record low interest rates, the British government is planning to pay off some of the debts it racked up over hundreds of years, dating as far back as the South Sea Bubble. That Debt From 1720? Britain’s Payment Is Coming 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z The term originated with the South Sea Bubble which peaked in 1720 when the share price of the South Sea Company went up over the course of a single year from about £100 to £1000. The End Of The Hadoop Bubble? 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z One of these bonds was issued by William Gladstone in 1853 to consolidate the capital stock of the South Sea Company, which was founded in 1711. Government to pay off WW1 debt 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Eastmond suffered concussion towards the end of Saturday's defeat and will undergo the Graduated Return To Play protocol in hope of playing against the South Sea Islanders. England need momentum - Lancaster 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z He also said there will be a number of changes to the Wales starting line-up, with the players on the bench against Australia likely to start against the South Sea Islanders. Gatland praises 'positive' Wales 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z After that financial crash in 1720, called the South Sea Bubble, the British government was forced to undertake a bailout that eventually left several million pounds of debt on its books. That Debt From 1720? Britain’s Payment Is Coming 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Northampton wing George North will switch to midfield as a result, but Davies is targeting a return against the South Sea Islanders. Davies hopes to be back to face Fiji 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Moving to Southern California, Kahanamoku leveraged his fame to play in more than two dozen Hollywood films, as a pirate, bodyguard, soldier, Sioux Indian, Turk, Hindu, Persian, South Sea Islander and other minor characters. Duke of Hawaii: A Swimmer and Surfer Who Straddled Two Cultures 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z It recounts bubbles past, starting with the South Sea Co. in the early 1700s when Sir Isaac Newton lost a fortune. How Watching TV Can Decimate Your Savings 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Vibe's The Titania necklace from Danish designer and goldsmith Lene Vibe Dahlgren features a white South Sea pearl covered with delicate 18-karat gold flowers and diamonds. $7,110. Making a break from tradition 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z In the wake of the collapse of the South Sea Bubble and other dodgy investment schemes in 1720, artists such as William Hogarth produced satirical drawings attacking the situation. Money and the financial crisis in art 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z At the age of 77 that precocious genius Sir Isaac Newton lost his shirt in the South Sea Bubble. Why Your Best Days May Still Be Ahead of You 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Easter Island, it seemed, was far from the South Sea paradise of popular imagination. Trouble in paradise for Chile's Easter Island 2014-04-18T01:02:14Z BEIJING--When the Manchus ruled China, it was given the name South Sea—a maritime domain dotted with islets, atolls and lagoons that provided storm shelter for fishermen. China's Line in the Sea 2014-04-01T12:46:52Z After the bubble was over the South Sea Company lived on for a century or so and did actually conduct business. Bitcoin Is More Like A Speculative Investment Than A Currency 2013-12-23T18:16:00Z It was what happened to all of the other promoted companies at the time as a result of that surge in the South Sea Company that defines the bubble mentality. Bitcoin, Litecoin, We're Well Into South Sea Bubble Territory Here 2013-11-28T16:24:00Z The South Sea Company, of the famed Bubble itself, spawned an awful lot of copycats that raised money fro shareholders and never managed anything else. Yes, Of Course Bitcoin Is Showing Bubble Behaviour 2013-11-19T18:48:00Z The allure of a new and different life on a South Sea island has tempted many Europeans over the past two centuries. Giving it all up to be a 'beachcomber' 2013-09-26T23:46:41Z The Dutch connection stems from the connection to strong trade and no wonder the South Sea trade was the harbinger of wealth that poured in. Economic history: What was the Great Divergence? 2013-09-02T10:13:31Z Remember what happened in the South Sea Bubble. Bitcoin Is More Like A Speculative Investment Than A Currency 2013-12-23T18:16:00Z Recall what actually happened in the South Sea Bubble. Bitcoin, Litecoin, We're Well Into South Sea Bubble Territory Here 2013-11-28T16:24:00Z But the South Sea Company itself survived the bubble and actually did some real business over the years. Yes, Of Course Bitcoin Is Showing Bubble Behaviour 2013-11-19T18:48:00Z These ranged from Mali through Montenegro to the Kiribati Islands in the South Sea. Scottish independence: bread and circuses 2013-02-07T21:00:02Z These now-poignant objects sit alongside exhibits illustrating a bevy of other investment frenzies and financial crises: the South Sea bubble, tulip mania and the railway investment boom – and bust – of the mid-19th century. Bubbles, tulips, booms and busts: same story, different dates 2012-12-23T00:08:19Z But then they yield treasure - glossy South Sea pearls that are sold around the world. Pearlers past and present in Australian town 2012-09-09T23:50:46Z Such bubbles happen with all new infrastructure: there was a canal bubble, the South Sea Bubble, multiple railroad bubbles and more. Not "Who invented the Internet?" -- How! 2012-07-26T04:24:45Z Their bodies were tattooed, like South Sea Islanders, which set out in bolder relief, as in savage warriors, their muscular development—their broad chests and brawny limbs. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z The life and labours of this well-known explorer, his discoveries and various adventures among the South Sea Islands, are graphically described. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z South Sea shares of a hundred pounds par value reached a thousand pounds. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Paul Bazar, president of one of the largest pearl distributors in the US, Imperial Deltah, says sales of South Sea pearls dropped for three years while the US economy struggled. Pearlers past and present in Australian town 2012-09-09T23:50:46Z The port possesses many large ships of its own, generally employed in the South Sea whale and seal fishery. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The second, which more intimately concerns us, included a monopoly of trade with the South Sea, a somewhat elastic title, but which meant at the time commerce with the countries of Spanish America. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z As the captain himself was able to testify, all branches of the Kanaka language were extremely difficult to learn; and it is not always easy to make South Sea Islanders understand by means of signs. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z The South Sea delusion drew from Hogarth his first engraved caricature. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z "If China can offer a 14-16mm necklace of really fine quality pearls that look to all the world like they are South Sea pearls, they'll have a really difficult road," he said. Pearlers past and present in Australian town 2012-09-09T23:50:46Z At last, ascending a high hill, the latter saw in the distance the blue waters of the Pacific, then known as the South Sea. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Suffice it to say that a bill was brought in for restraining the South Sea directors and officers from leaving the kingdom for a twelvemonth. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z But, if you want to know what that has got to do with my secret coaling-station in the South Sea Islands, I'm afraid you've come to the wrong shop. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z Conspicuous in the foreground of the South Sea caricature, among other personages now unknown, is the diminutive figure of Alexander Pope, who was one of the few lucky speculators of the year 1720. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z By his industry and uncommon frugality, but more particularly by purchasing seamen's tickets in Queen Anne's wars, and by speculations in the South Sea stock, in the memorable year 1720, he amassed an immense fortune. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z The difficulty has been, up to the present time, solved by the importation of South Sea Islanders, who are generally speaking good and docile labourers, not affected by heat, and comparatively cheap. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z Need it be said that the writer refers to the two extraordinary delusions known as the Mississippi Scheme and the South Sea Bubble? The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z But you would be courteous to any religion; you would respect the fetish of a South Sea Islander. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z But there were souls elsewhere in the world that needed saving, too—among the South Sea islands, for instance, where snow was unknown, and horseflesh was not esteemed a dainty. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The strength and agility of the negroes is well known, and the South Sea islanders can vie in bodily exercises with our stoutest seamen. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z But the South Sea Bubble was a Triton among these minnows, and the directors, having once tasted the profits of their scheme by the rapid rise of its shares, kept their emissaries at work. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z A mind in such a state will find many facts ready for its use in these volumes relative to the South Sea Islanders, and other objects of interest. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z The first was that of Esteban Gomez, who proposed, by the way of Newfoundland, to discover a shorter passage to the South Sea. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol I (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-01T03:00:24.137Z It would be much more comfortable to convert wicked South Sea Islanders than Patagonians. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z But what will they say of you if the affair turns out to be a swindle--another South Sea Bubble, by G--d! Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Coming from the westward, we thought the heights about here inconsiderable; but Cook, coming from the South Sea, called them 'high and savage.' Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Such is the substance of this rather dull story, which may be read in full in the third volume of Burney’s History of Voyages in the South Sea, p. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z The principal of these caverns lie in the island of Java, where a female deity, under the appellation of Raton laut Ridaud, or Princess of the South Sea, is held in high veneration. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol I (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-01T03:00:24.137Z Still, in the days of the South Sea Bubble they were foolish enough for that, and the legend of King Cunobelin induced them to try these very excavations. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z In the South Sea Islands men may make women do the work for them; but not here. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z However, two hours of this sort of work were rewarded by finding ourselves in sight of the great South Sea. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z In accordance with such a policy, Sir Francis Drake obtained, through the interest of Sir Christopher Hatton, the vice-chamberlain of the Queen, her approval of an expedition projected by him into the South Sea. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z He looked at it with a wild surmise, and then the conviction flashed upon him that he had discovered the goal of hardy mariners,—the great South Sea. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z That this proceeded, in some measure, from calamities and misfortunes which affected the neighbouring kingdoms, is true: but their effects on Ireland, little interested in the South Sea project, could not be considerable. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z "You had better go to the South Sea Islands, and done with it," said Esther. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z For a long time this new ocean was known as the South Sea, and Balboa at once set about exploring the vicinity. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z Having exchanged all sorts of civilities and presents with this gentleman, the admiral went back to his ships in Lake Belle, and returned by the Rio de los Reyes to the South Sea. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z What would we now think of a God who made his will known to the South Sea Islanders for the benefit of the civilized world? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Would Calvin have been more bloodthirsty if he had believed in the religion of the South Sea Islanders? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Balboa sighted the South Sea, crossed the Isthmus, and claimed that ocean and all its shores for the Crown of Castile. South America and the War 2012-02-10T03:00:17.163Z This was supposed to have arisen from the infatuation of the South Sea scheme, which, intoxicating the minds of the people with the prospect of imaginary wealth, led them into every excess. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z Nevertheless, the King does deny what the enemies to peace have industriously circulated, that Spain extends pretensions and rights of sovereignty over the whole of the South Sea, as far as China. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z He had been placed under the care of the captain of the ship, in order to gain some knowledge of the sea before sailing with his uncle, the master of a South Sea whaler. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z What followed seems dreadful to relate, suiting better with the nature of South Sea or African cannibals than with the natives of Christian England. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z It is one of the numerous caricatures on the famous South Sea or Mississippi bubble. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z Spout′er, one who, or that which, spouts: a speechifier: a South Sea whale, a skilful whaler; Spout′-hole, an orifice for discharging a liquid, a whale's spiracle.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z They had never been in the South Sea Bubble. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z This Tortuga was to the refugee hunters of the savannahs what New Providence became to the pirates, and the Galapagos islands to the South Sea adventurers of half a century later. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z At last, toiling slowly up a high mountain, the adventurers unexpectedly beheld from the top the South Sea glittering in the distance. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z This part of the South Sea was proverbial22 for continual rains, and was called by the Spaniards "The Droppings." The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z My dear Henslow—Captain Fitz-Roy is going out to survey the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego, and afterwards to visit many of the South Sea Islands, and to return by the Indian Archipelago. Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters 2012-01-22T03:00:19.733Z I will travel with you to-morrow morning if you will favour me with your company'; and so a new flow of compliments carried the South Sea out of sight. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z He then equipped a fleet and attempted to return by the kingdom of New Granada to the South Sea, passing the town of Carthagena. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z The prisoners, seeing a comet at dusk, told the Englishmen that many such appearances had preceded the arrival of the Buccaneers in the South Sea. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z Some Indians soon after brought them letters left for the first freebooters who should land, announcing that Grogniet and 170 men had gone into the South Sea, and that 115 Englishmen had preceded them. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z "Snakes, lizards and frogs are good enough for me," a South Sea Islander once exclaimed to a missionary, when a reform diet was proposed. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z There was a comforting air of discontent abroad; the losses from the South Sea made minds heavy and purses light. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z —The sword-blade note, to which R. J. refers, was doubtless a note of the Sword-blade Company, which was intimately connected with the South Sea Company. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 99, September 20, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-16T03:00:07.530Z Ten Buccaneers were also announced as about to enter the South Sea. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z On approaching the Indian ambuscade at Lestocada, they placed their canoes one in the other, and telling the sentinels that they were Indian boats, bringing salt into the South Sea, escaped unhurt. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z We may say the same of the South Sea Islands, which are mostly only under the nominal dominion of the white races. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Landing at Norfolk Island, in the course of a voyage in the South Sea, the community chartered his schooner to convey certain of their number back to Pitcairn Island. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z As in all the South Sea Islands, the juice of the Kawa is used in Puynipet for distilling an intoxicating beverage, which indeed plays a conspicuous part in all their solemnities. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z A few hours after, Morgan's vessels returned with three prizes, laden with plate and other booty, taken in the South Sea. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z Soon after this, finding themselves separated from Captain Rose and Michael, Ravenau determined to cross over the continent and get into the South Sea, as he heard a previous expedition some months before had done. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z The main group of the South Asiatic Islands is connected through the Moluccas and the Philippines with the Papua and Pellew islands, and the Caroline Archipelago of the South Sea. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z His wealth had been over-rated, as is perhaps the case with all notorious fortunes, and not well invested; at any rate, he had burned his fingers in the South Sea Bubble. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Many a longing glance did we cast at the spot, where for the first time we were to be privileged to examine the wonders of the coral beds of the South Sea. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z They had174 resolved to seize the two vessels they had captured in the South Sea, and with these to take possession of an island, which they could fortify for a stronghold. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z Ravenau also treats us with his own personal love adventure, which we insert as a curious illustration of the vicissitudes of a South Sea adventurer's life. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z Ms. Pang, who is from Zhanjiang in Guangdong Province, home of the Chinese Navy’s South Sea Fleet, said unemployment in her hometown was high and some families struggled to survive on 400 renminbi a month. Letter from China: Dreaming About a Life Free of Lies 2011-12-14T12:50:16Z I’ve been among the South Sea Islands, shipping blacks for the interior here; and, to tell you the truth, my boy, I am pretty well sick of the job from all I’ve seen. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z He named it the “South Sea,” a name that survived after its true character was revealed by Magellan. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z Dampier's advice was not taken, but on entering the South Sea they met the Nicholas, of London, a vessel fitted out ostensibly as a trader, but being in reality a Buccaneer. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z Two parties of English, forty each, on their way into the South Sea, had also been massacred all but four, who were prisoners at Panama. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z “Oh no,” said Jill, with his quiet smile, “we talked nothing but politics, I assure you, and discussed the future prospects of the South Sea Islanders.” Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z The South Sea islanders," says Dr Elliotson, "who appear to be all of one family, vary according to their degree of cultivation. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z There is, at this day, the South Sea Islander,—the young wife who has been told that it is pious and right to give her first child to the gods. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z Fifty-four Englishmen and nine blacks fell in this affair, which was the most severe the Buccaneers302 had encountered in the South Sea. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z Here they were attacked by the Eagle sloop of Barbadoes, belonging to the South Sea Company. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z In hot climates and in cold,—among savage people and among civilized,—in New Zealand, in the South Sea Islands, in Africa, in Hindostan,—it is always the same. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z Some writers are of opinion, that the inner bark of trees alone was employed, and that not till woven into a kind of cloth, such as the South Sea islanders at present make. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z Rumour, indeed, had fixed upon Miss Arnot as the mysterious donor for the last two years of a �1,000 note each year for the special benefit and use of the South Sea Mission. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z The Buccaneers left behind in the South Sea prospered, and made many successful descents. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z The amphibious South Sea Islanders," says Mr. Wood, "stand in great dread of the Shark, and with good reason, for not a year elapses without several victims falling to the rapacity of this terrific animal. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z I am she whom you boasted in Sydney, a year ago, you would flog when she fell into your hands, as you flogged those 178 unfortunate South Sea Islanders. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z Thereafter, the thorough exploration of all the shores of the South Sea was only a question of time. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z "What do the South Sea natives do, Mary?" asked Elizabeth. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z In Queen Anne's reign, during the war of the succession, he commanded two privateers, and cruised against the Spaniards in the South Sea. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z There is a kind of spiritual cannibalism among us, more appalling than the simpler sort we shudder to think is practised in Darkest Africa, or the islands of the South Sea. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z He had seen a shark seize a South Sea Islander from a crowd of natives splashing and shouting in the surf. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z The great burial-ground at Mile End was made at the sole expense of the famous Moses Hart, who, after losing an immense sum in the South Sea bubble, died worth 5000l. per annum. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z "There are no wild beasts in the South Sea Islands—at least, I've never heard of any," said Mary. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z They here agreed to follow the Indians' advice, and attack the town of Santa Maria, situated on the river of the same name, which runs into the South Sea by the gulf of St. Miguel. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z Among the South Sea Islanders there is a rude drama, and in China such representations have existed from remote ages. The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature 2011-10-20T02:00:20.857Z The slave-trade with its clandestine opportunities for contraband, offered the South Sea Company possibilities to undermine Spanish trade. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z The South Sea Islanders rarely resort to strategy in actual fighting. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z He is stationed on one of the South Sea Islands, and hasn't been home for twenty years. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z The second, of 300 tons, partly laden with bars of iron, one of the richest commodities brought into the South Sea, was burnt by the Buccaneers, because the Spaniards would not redeem it. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z Cook in the South Sea Islands, with the exception that Capt. The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z After losing £20,000 on a vast Ponzi scheme known as the South Sea Bubble in 1720, Newton observed: "I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people." How Math Whizzes Helped Sink the Economy [Book Excerpt] 2011-09-22T21:45:00.253Z They are much too good for bartering with the South Sea Islanders. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z "Say, Pottle," he said, "if you're so nutty about these here South Sea Islands, why don't you go there?" The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z The island of Raiatea was the centre of the South Sea missions. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z I am the daughter of a wealthy English merchant, who had a strange longing to visit in one of his own ships the shores of Africa and the South Sea Islands. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z It is said that if he had not had charge of the fleet, he would have sailed straight to the South Sea, and thus pointed out a nearer route to China. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z In that year James Craggs, the secretary of state, presented him with some South Sea stock. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z When the Spaniards arrived in the South Sea they were charmed to find the dark-red natives decorated with strings of pearls. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z "That South Sea life took it out of him, I suppose." The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z Then I made a special point of telling him I always wore flannels and duck on my river trips—sort of survival of my South Sea yatching days. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z We can observe a similar state of things even today among several uncivilised tribes, for example, among the natives of Formosa and in many South Sea Islands. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z Gay, disregarding the prudent advice of Pope and other of his friends, invested his all in South Sea stock, and, holding on to the end, he lost everything. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z His grandfather was a South Sea director, and when the bubble burst he was compelled by act of parliament to disclose on oath his whole fortune. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z The last time he was lost in a wreck in the South Sea Islands. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z I recalled only too well now where I had known that ghostly yellow light before—the sullen fore-glow by which the South Sea hurricane slunk upon its helpless prey. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z It is distant from the shore of the South Sea forty leagues: The road is difficult, the country being extremely mountainous.' History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z This first South Sea Islander seen in the British Isles returned to his home with Cook in 1776-1777. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z When they do, the price of that asset class — South Sea company shares, dot-coms — goes up, and human nature and the financial industry conspire to push it higher. Can Jeremy Grantham Profit From Ecological Mayhem? 2011-08-12T15:41:12Z “No; it’s not the Atlantic, nor the Pacific, nor the South Sea; it’s bigger than all those.” Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z This same experience, as is well known, has been the result of similar experiments with natives of Africa and the South Sea Islands. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The majority of the Buccaneers were desirous to proceed in their canoes to the South Sea, to seek compensation for their disappointment at Sta Maria. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z His successful efforts to introduce domestic animals and potatoes into the South Sea Islands are worthy of note. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z His disappointment must have been great that his search here did not yield an outlet to the "South Sea." The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z They decided that they were the South Sea sort, and raced on again, Pan keeping pace with a kind of shamble; he was too idle to run properly. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Proud rogues who shared the South Sea prey, And spring like mushrooms in a day, They think it mean to condescend To know a brother or a friend. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z This was the most severe defeat the Buccaneers suffered in all their South Sea enterprises. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z We will take first that of Mr. Beale, who as surgeon on board the "Kent" and "Sarah and Elizabeth," South Sea whalers, passed several seasons amongst sperm whales. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z He made up his mind that if he got out of this predicament he would explore the river "Patowmeke," find the gold mine, and perhaps a passage "strait through to the South Sea." The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z No! she's the dearest little girl in the world, and I may as well make up my mind to tour California or South Sea Islands with her for a wife, as she says. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Interest in a passage to the South Sea was perennial, and no tale of Spanish treasure was too guttering to find credence on the French frontier. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z The tayoship, with the ceremony of exchanging names, among the South Sea islanders, is a bond of fellowship of the same nature. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z For the rest, what he saw in the South Sea, in Russia, in Turkey, at Madagascar, was well worth the telling in such a style. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z The same thing was true in the South Sea Islands. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z He had seen the natives of the South Sea Islands climb tall trees by means of a vine-rope cast about the waist and the tree-trunk. Dave Porter on Cave Island A Schoolboy's Mysterious Mission 2011-06-15T02:00:23.660Z To the adventurer it was a land promising gold and silver and a path to the South Sea; to the merchant it offered rich profits in trade. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Andreas shewed his goodwill towards the Buccaneers who remained in the South Sea, by leaving with them a son and one of his nephews. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z It is this way: a number of planters unite in sending a ship out among the South Sea Islands to engage all the Kanakas the ship can hold, and who are willing to come. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z The term was coined from the South Sea Bubble in 1720, from the overvaluation and speculation of the South Sea Company. Social Media: The Next Bubble or Economic Salvation? 2011-06-13T23:38:46Z Bright birds flitted, dusky maids danced and beckoned, rivers ran over golden sand, and toward the South Sea was the Fount of Youth, whose waters made the aged young again. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z From 1714 to 1721 no one man dominated, but the financial crisis, brought about by the bursting of the South Sea Bubble, gave the great financier, Robert Walpole, his opportunity. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Many instances occur in South Sea navigations which shew the disadvantage of not keeping well to the South in going to the Galapagos. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z For Mr. Rollingstone was noted for his "turnout," as well as for a certain impulsive South Sea extravagance and picturesque hospitality which Dumphy envied and at times badly imitated. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z When the "South Sea Bill" was promoted in 1720, wholesale bribery was resorted to. The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z "You might go a missionary to some South Sea island, and be obliged at times to live upon oysters." A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z Cortés on the South Sea and in California.—Another line of advance toward the northern interior had been made by way of the Pacific slope. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Many lost all their money at play, and they could not endure, after so much peril, to quit the South Sea empty handed, but resolved to revisit the coast of Peru. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z They were unlike other South Sea natives, being of better build and but little darker than myself. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z Among other orders of Louis XIV. regarding Canada was a charge to discover the South Sea and Mississippi, and Jean Talon, Intendant of Canada, lost no chance of furthering this object. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z He was the patron of Sidney Parkinson, the South Sea voyager. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The discovery of the South Sea was followed immediately by exploration along the western coast. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Some wished to sail immediately homeward by the Strait of Magalhanes; others desired to try their fortune longer in the South Sea. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z He became an active trader in white pearls and to the end of his career was known for white South Sea pearls of enormous size, some approaching 20 millimeters in circumference. Obituaries: Salvador Assael, 88, Dies; Coaxed Riches From Pearls 2011-04-13T00:27:54Z Such was Mrs. Frampton's God, in no material way altered from the conception of the primitive Jews or the modern South Sea Islanders, who make God in their image. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z I'll never forget in one of the South Sea Islands when I strolled away into the bush by myself. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z Still bent on reaching the South Sea, in 1604 Oñate descended Bill Williams Fork and the Colorado to the Gulf of California, where he got the idea that California was an island. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z At the time of Oxnam's expedition across the Isthmus of America to the South Sea, A. D. 1575, it does not appear to have been known. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z He sailed up the Chickahominy River in search of the South Sea, as the Pacific Ocean was then called. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z They may therefore, perhaps, be regarded as early immigrants from the South Sea Islands, distinct in every respect from the true aborigines. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z A sort of modern Werther, with a capacity for cruelty that would turn a South Sea cannibal sick. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z From the south came rumors of gold and reports of the South Sea, while to the north, among the barbarian tribes, there was little, at this stage of the conquest, to attract the conquerors. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z On the ninth day of their journey, they came in sight of the South Sea; and here they were among fields in which cattle grazed. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Perhaps the "South Sea Bubble" is one of the most widely known of my father's pictures. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z "For the South Sea Island trade, and no other," said Captain Carryall, putting his hand on my shoulder. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Anita was a pretty name, and it sounded kind of South Sea like. Friend Island 2011-02-28T03:00:33.693Z Exploration on the South Sea.—Balboa was succeeded by Espinosa in charge of the southern coast. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z They had now made successful experiment of the route both by sea and land; and the Spaniards in the South Sea had reason to apprehend a speedy renewal of their visits. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Isaac Newton got caught up in the South Sea Bubble. Stephanie Flanders: 'I'm the black sheep of my family' 2011-02-20T00:05:25Z The only walk in life for which I felt myself thoroughly fitted was that of an armed cruiser through the South Sea Islands. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Containing singular travels, campaigns, voyages, and adventures in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Ætna, into the South Sea. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:34.387Z Gold was found, and as the district bordered on the South Sea, settlements were formed to hold it. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Circumstances which preceded the Second Irruption of the Buccaneers into the South Sea. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Toboggans are funny-looking things—flat-bottomed, turned up in front like a South Sea Islander's war canoe. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z It was about this time that I made the acquaintance of certain South Sea Islanders belonging to whalers or trading vessels. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z On the mantel-shelf stood a lyre-shaped clock, bearing the sun symbol of Louis XIV.; several cheap and gaudy vases, and many fantastic shells picked up on South Sea beaches. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z He interfered with Cortés's explorations in the South Sea, and banished him from Mexico City as dangerous, but the breach was soon healed when both were threatened by the usurpations of Guzmán. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Circumstances preceding the Second Irruption of the Buccaneers into the South Sea. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Magellan's idea was to find some mode of getting through or around the American continent so as to sail into the great South Sea. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z It was here that I met an American named Maule—about as hard a specimen of an old style South Sea trader as one could fall across. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z A scheme was planned and formed for making fortunes by the South Sea trade. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z With these honors he was given the titles of Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca, captain-general of New Spain, and governor of such islands as he might still discover in the South Sea. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Dampier was of the number, as were several others who had returned from the South Sea; division was made of the prize goods, and Cook entered on his new command. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z There they had knowledge of the South Sea. A Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida published at Evora in 1557 2011-01-20T03:00:07.377Z Acting on this hint I got on famously with her South Sea majesty, discovering in due course that she was a really clever little woman, as well as an outrageous flirt. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z The mania spread so that the South Sea scheme itself could not satisfy the lust for money. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z Of its identity with the languages of the other islands throughout the South Sea, fresh proofs were exhibited during the present voyage. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z In Virginia they disposed of their prize goods, and two vessels, keeping one with which they proposed to make a voyage to the South Sea, and which they named the Revenge. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z The old chief was dead, they were told, but in his place ruled the young cacique who had first informed Balboa of the South Sea and Peru. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z The trader of the South Sea Islands was a marine marvel which I was never weary of studying. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z One nobleman in parliament proposed that the contrivers of the South Sea scheme should, after the manner of the Roman parricide, be sown up alive in sacks, and flung into the Thames. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z This observation, I am sure, will hold good throughout all the parts of the South Sea where I have been. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z They sail by the East end of Staten Island; and enter the South Sea. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z "Be it so, then, and see to it that the report is comprehensive as to the regions of gold and the great South Sea, which, I understand, you claim to have discovered." Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z How many a tale of wasted life, of reckless deeds, and early death, could every island of the South Sea tell. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Swift compares these crowds of human beings to the waters of the South Sea Gulf, from which their imagination was drawing such abundant draughts of wealth. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z Accordingly, South Sea cloth being sent for from the ship, he equipped himself with great expedition and dexterity. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z A breeze springing up from the WNW, they bore away Eastward, and passed round the East end of Staten Island; after which they saw no other land till they came into the South Sea. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z After the coffee the old man demanded that Lilly make good her promise and prepare the South Sea bowl. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z In fact they looked upon the Atlantic Telegraph as a sort of South Sea Bubble, an airy fancy, which would go up like a balloon, never to return to earth again. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z The workers in their blue overalls and yellow helmets waste little time, ignoring the view of the South Sea. Construction schedule on Chinese third-generation nuclear plants races ahead of European models 2010-12-28T14:00:50Z From the specimen which is given of the language of Savu, it appears to have some affinity with that of the South Sea islands. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z The people on board the strange vessel entertained similar expectations, for they also were English, and were come to the South Sea to pick up what they could. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z And third, never to intrust the care of youth to a cannibal heathen South Sea Islander. The White Man's Foot 2010-12-28T03:00:15.167Z His sire may have been a South Sea cannibal or a South African lion-slayer for aught I remember; but that there was something phenomenally bold in him I am certain. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Nearly all his little property was lost in the great South Sea Bubble of 1720. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Though this custom of making presents, before any are received, is common with the natives of the South Sea isles, our commander had never till now seen it practised in New Zealand. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z The South Sea was now cleared of the main body of the Buccaneers. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Some of the big hits can stray the wrong side of brutal but take away its South Sea bubbles and this season's Heineken Cup would be significantly flatter. The Heineken Cup would be far flatter without its South Sea bubbles 2010-10-12T09:39:00Z Are we back in the days before the 1929 crash, or the popping of the South Sea Bubble? That global recovery? It's each state for itself 2010-06-09T20:30:00Z "Rising prices are a narcotic that affect reasoning power up and down the line," Buffett says, adding that Isaac Newton took part in the South Sea bubble. Buffett appears before Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in the US 2010-06-02T14:21:00Z With regard to the New Hollanders in general, there is reason to suppose that they originally came from the same place with all the Indians of the South Sea. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z In 1673, Thomas Peche, an Englishman, fitted out a ship in England for a piratical voyage to the South Sea against the Spaniards. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z There will be examinations of PR from long before the modern era of press releases and media campaigns, such as the financial bubble created around the South Sea Company in the 18th Century. Absolutely Fabulous... PR is now history 2010-04-21T11:17:00Z It was terrible, to be sure, but on some level understandable: Dutch tulips, the South Sea bubble, that sort of thing. Talking Business: Bet Dreamed Up by Wall Street Made Crisis Worse 2010-04-17T03:07:00Z History is littered with examples of financial boom and bust, from the tulip boom to the South Sea Bubble to the dotcom frenzy. Bank bailouts not the answer, say MPs 2010-03-28T23:10:00Z Captain Cook continued to the last his zeal for furnishing the natives of the South Sea with useful animals. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z Since the plundering of Panama, the imaginations of the Buccaneers had been continually running on expeditions to the South Sea. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Consider the South Sea Bubble which burst in 1720 and almost bankrupted the nation or the French Louisiana bubble that some say led directly to the French revolution. 1921 revisited 2010-03-04T12:55:00Z The privilege, to which an exaggerated value was attached, formed the solid basis of the notorious fit of speculative fever called the South Sea Bubble. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Decker’s Honest W. Written during the fever of South Sea speculation, the skit of Jonathan Swift, known as the “Bank of Swearing,” was one exceedingly felicitous and well-timed. A Cursory History of Swearing The morals, in particular, of the inhabitants of the South Sea Islands, afford a fine subject for the exercise of a plaintive Muse. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z The first example was speedily followed, and a trip to the South Sea in a short time became a prevailing fashion among them. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z "It is finished," said the husband; "and a fair speculation never turned up an uglier balance, since the days of the bubble of the South Sea." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 This privilege was conveyed by the British government to the South Sea Company, formed to work it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Balboa submitted, however, and in the following year was appointed Viceroy of the South Sea. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Their language appeared to be more harsh than that of the islanders to the South Sea. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z The two ships soon joined, and on its being found that they had come on the same errand to the South Sea, Cook and Eaton and their men agreed to keep company together. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z In 1740 he was made commander of a fleet sent to the South Sea, directed against the trade and colonies of Spain. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The pearl-fisheries of which we were speaking give employment to a singular class of laborers, consisting of Malays, Lascars, South Sea Islanders, Australian aborigines, runaway sailors, and West Indian negroes. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The Sphinx, standing in its grim loneliness ten miles from Cairo, is still older, while in the South Sea Islands there are prehistoric ruins which are believed to antedate the Sphinx. The Story of Malta Just imagine you are a missionary on one of the South Sea Islands, and that you are going to be served up presently � la Fiji. Stranded in Arcady Circumstances which preceded the Second Irruption of the Buccaneers into the South Sea. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z To go without clothing was, till lately, perfectly innocent in the South Sea Islands; but now that civilization has been fairly established by the missionaries, it has become a sin. How to Observe Morals and Manners From Adelaide and Perth let us turn our steps toward another of this group of British colonies in the South Sea. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands In later times men learnt to polish their implements, and made polished stone axes like those the New Zealanders and South Sea Islanders used to make in modern times. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight While Drake was furrowing the strange expanses of the South Sea, it was French privateers that chiefly troubled the Spanish Main and menaced the ports of Cuba. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 They had determined to quit the South Sea, and with that view to sail to the coast of New Spain, whence they proposed to march over land to the shore of the Caribbean Sea. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Those taken prisoners were marched across the Isthmus to the South Sea, where they were compelled to work in chains on the fortifications. Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... There was found to be here about the same relative number of Asiatics as elsewhere among these South Sea colonies, and a small section of the town is devoted to their headquarters. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands That belt of yours, Michael, would give a South Sea Islander a headache. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The tree is a native of the South Sea Islands, where its fruit occupies the important position that is held by cereals in temperate latitudes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" In the middle of December they returned to the Bay of Amapalla, which they had fixed upon for the place of their departure from the shores of the South Sea. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z There are passages in E. W. Hornung's latest story, 'The Boss of Taroomba,' which remind us by their vividness and fantastic quality of Stevenson in some of his South Sea Island tales.... The Shadow of a Man Indeed, Tasmania might be a big slice detached from England and drifted into the South Sea. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands “Bounty,” for the purpose of introducing it into the West Indies from the South Sea Islands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Intellectually the Tongans are reported to "surpass all the other South Sea islanders in their mental development, showing great skill in the structure of their dwellings and the manufacture of their implements, weapons, and dress." The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II This new arrival of Buccaneers to the South Sea consisted of 200 Frenchmen and 80 Englishmen, commanded by two Frenchmen named Grogniet and L'Escuyer. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z It contains a suggestion of a Panama Canal, “by which the voyage to the South Sea would be shortened by more than 1500 leagues.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Yet we are told by well-informed writers upon the subject that they were of all the South Sea tribes the most intelligent. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands A living museum of six primitive South Sea Villages. Oahu Traveler's guide Gradually the bestial characteristics dropped, and there appeared such rude anthropomorphic images of Apollo—more like South Sea idols than the archer prince—as are now preserved in Athens. Custom and Myth New Edition The ports of Spanish America, both in the West Indies and in the South Sea, were laid open to the merchants of France. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z During two or three years, having fallen into pecuniary distress through the failure of the South Sea scheme, he kept a book-shop in the Poultry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" But in the South Sea, where we are writing these lines, a little north of New Zealand, they are not visible. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The European house-fly has been introduced in this way into all the South Sea Islands. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Similar rites are still notoriously practised in the South Sea Islands, in Siberia, in India and Africa and Melanesia, by savages. Custom and Myth New Edition III. of Voyages and Discoveries in the South Sea, p. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z A sailor broke silence: "Looks like a Feejee camp on a South Sea island." First Fam'lies of the Sierras But among these South Sea Islands are prehistoric ruins and monuments which are believed to antedate the Sphinx. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands A Scotch Highlander by birth, his name Stewart, he was a daring and unscrupulous dog as ever fired a round of grape into a mob of South Sea savages. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Were I as wealthy as a South Sea dream, Wishing is an expedient to be poor. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes Among others—Thracians, Celts, etc., in classic times, many primitive inhabitants of India, Malay nations, South Sea Islanders and many American Indians to this day—the girls enjoy absolute sexual freedom before marriage. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State The chief of them is that of Bougainville, 1771, which, giving the first clear notion to Frenchmen of the South Sea Islands, had a remarkably stimulating effect on the imaginations of the philosophe party. A Short History of French Literature The South Sea myrtle was especially attractive, appearing in flower with round clustering bunches, spangled with white stars. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Mention of the women of the South Sea islands leads to another digression from the main subject, for there are one or two interesting facts to be told about these women. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) In 1681 he was a surgeon on board an English vessel under Captain Sharp, one of those privateers who went cruising in the South Sea. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Charles Lamb’s description of the South Sea House might have been penned for a Government Office. Here and There in London Among these are the performances, accompanied by dancing and intermixed with recitation and singing, of the South Sea Islanders, first described by South Seas; Peru. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" There are many families and hundreds of people within five or six miles of our church that are practically without the gospel, as truly as are the Chinese or the South Sea Islanders. The Making of a Country Parish As for such really solid enterprises as the South Sea bubble, their shares rose to a thousand per cent, above par. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. Landing with his seventy men, he went in search of the Simerons, who took him to a river which flowed into the South Sea, where a pinnace was built. The West Indies and the Spanish Main In the South Sea legends Hina was thought to have married the moon. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina Of the vast expenses to which the marquis Hernando Cortes put himself in fitting out the expeditions to the South Sea, and of their unfortunate termination 349 Chap. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. A nifty yacht, a South Sea moon, a radio dance orchestra, dancers—and little Clifford! Isle of the Undead Craggs was implicated in the South Sea Bubble, but not so deeply as his father, whom he predeceased, dying on the 16th of February 1721. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Then came the downfall, which has been compared to that of the South Sea Bubble. The West Indies and the Spanish Main A small schooner, in the enchanted atmosphere of his pipe, seemed already to own him master; she would trade for long years of prosperity in South Sea islands, where uncultivated fruits and beauties abound. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Thus miserably terminated the several expeditions which Cortes fitted out in the South Sea, and I have frequently been assured that they cost him above 300,000 pesos. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. "We can't go to the South Sea yet, and we have nothing more to show you unless a great storm comes up," said Silver-tail. Lulu's Library, Volume II Craggs also increased his wealth by mixing in the affairs of the South Sea Company, but after his death an act of parliament confiscated all the property which he had acquired since December 1719. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Meanwhile the South Sea Company had not been altogether idle. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Mead, his future resplendent with �1,166 and its South Sea bubble, seemed to feel this rhythmical impulse. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Of the vast expenses to which the marquis Hernando Cortes put himself in fitting out the expeditions to the South Sea, and of their unfortunate termination. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. "Well, it concerns the South Sea Islands," said Bertram a little diffidently. Long Live the King The greatest amount goes to Australia, the west and east coasts of South America, China, the United Kingdom, and Europe, Japan, and the South Sea Islands. The Forests of Mount Rainier National Park When their money was all spent they resolved to try the most arduous of adventures, a raid on the ports of the Great South Sea. The West Indies and the Spanish Main They are used in the West Indies and the South Sea Islands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" He now occupied himself in fitting out the armament according to his agreement with the empress Isabella, of glorious memory, and with the council of the Indies, for discoveries in the South Sea. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. "The South Sea Islands?" said Max at once. Long Live the King The London museum contains a collection of minerals, birds, weapons and tools from the South Sea Islands, due to the famous Captain Cook. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Near their highest point the South Sea Shares were sold at £890, but so many wanted to sell at that price that they soon fell to £640. The West Indies and the Spanish Main There is perhaps no other such universal practice as that of tattooing which prevails among semi-savage races in various parts of the globe, but especially among the South Sea Islanders. The Pearl of India “But you don’t want me to look like a South Sea Island princess, do you, Daddy?” Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure Again it was like those impearled shells of the South Sea, without design yet suggestive of all perfections and all beauties. The "Genius" I never very much admired his South Sea ballads for any quality except their narrative vigour, thinking them unequal and uncertain both in metre and style. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) This Assiento contract was given to the Great South Sea Company, which resulted from one of those joint-stock manias, now epidemic in France, England, and even Holland. The West Indies and the Spanish Main And the two cases stand alone in my experience of South Sea traders. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) It was the first land she touched in the great South Sea. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century Last week I worked up a batch of South Sea pictures using the Gauguin formula. Rollo in Society A Guide for Youth If, as I half suspect, I get enough subjects out of the islands, Ticonderoga shall be suppressed, and we’ll call the volume South Sea Ballads. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) Among them was the Mississippi scheme in France and the South Sea Bubble in England, of which the latter was intimately connected with the Indies. The West Indies and the Spanish Main There are besides three tavern-keepers, the shrewd Scot who runs the cotton gin-mill, two white ladies, and a sprinkling of people “on the beach”—a South Sea expression for which there is no exact equivalent. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Balboa, in 1517, began his preparations for entering the South Sea and conveying troops to the country which he proposed to invade. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West He added greatly to his wealth by the South Sea Scheme, which he had prudence enough to secure in time, and purchased an estate at East Sheen with part of his gain. Old and New London Volume I It is called The Wrecker; and in book form will appear as number 1 of South Sea Yarns by R. L. S. and Lloyd Osbourne. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) At the peace of Ryswick, in 1697, the public debt amounted to twenty millions, but by the time the South Sea Company was started the arrears of pay made it half as much again. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Every one called in consequence, save such as might be prosecuting a South Sea quarrel, hingeing on the price of copra and the odd cent, or perhaps a difference about poultry. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) To make amends to Balboa, he was appointed "Lieutenant-Governor of the Countries upon the South Sea," with great privileges and authority. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West Paterson died in 1719, on the eve of the fatal South Sea Bubble. Old and New London Volume I A good few are connected with my voyage, such as the “Home of Tembinoka” sent herewith, and would have a sort of slight affinity to the South Sea Ballads. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) After discussing the situation, they resolved to try the South Sea, where they hoped to find the Spaniards less prepared. The West Indies and the Spanish Main The traders, all bred to the sea, take a humorous pride in their new business; “South Sea Merchants” is the title they prefer. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) And listen to me–I’m just bound to get one going in that South Sea Island method we’ve read about, ‘or give up trying!’ The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol The great catastrophe of the South Sea Bubble in 1720, which we shall sketch fully in another chapter, did not injure the Bank. Old and New London Volume I Of the general ethnology of the South Sea Islanders I say nothing. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies It was on this excursion that he saw the Great South Sea, and determined to carry English ships into that immense Spanish preserve. The West Indies and the Spanish Main “We are all sailors here”—“Merchants, if you please”—“South Sea Merchants,”—was a piece of conversation endlessly repeated, that never seemed to lose in savour. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) But he had thus far been “stumped” as he himself expressed it, when it came to starting a blaze after the formula of the South Sea Islanders. The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol Guy made large purchases in these tickets at an immense reduction, and by such not very creditable means, with some windfalls during the South Sea agitation, he realised a fortune of £500,000. Old and New London Volume I Yet a curious and interesting counter movement is now taking place on the Pacific Coast of America, as well as among the South Sea Islands and in several other places where coal is exceptionally dear. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast If it did not partake of the name, it had certainly all the wild characteristics of the South Sea Bubble. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. So simply, even in South Sea Islands, and so sadly, the changes come. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) In the same way she traveled with her family is Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and the South Sea Islands. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes In 1702 they let their hall and rooms to the East India Company for a meeting; and in 1721 they let a room to the South Sea Company for the same purpose. Old and New London Volume I On the other hand, the Paris portion of “The Wrecker” was all Stevenson’s, as well as the concluding chapters of both the South Sea books. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston Veritable hallucinations are the seascapes and landscapes in the South Sea stories, veritable hallucinations are the quotidian gestures and speech of his anarchists and souls sailing on the winds of noble and sinister passions. Ivory Apes and Peacocks No distinction is so continually dwelt upon in South Sea talk as that between the “low” and the “high” island, and there is none more broadly marked in nature. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) On the 22nd the Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser was suppressed by order of Fritze. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) The back, formerly the Excise Office, afterwards the South Sea Company's office, thence called the Old South Sea House, was consumed by fire in 1826. Old and New London Volume I In the telling South Sea phrase, these three men were on the beach. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston Leave all that for the savages of the South Sea Islands, or those fire worshippers we read about. Jack Winters' Campmates Meanwhile, away in the back quarters, sat the small informal South Sea Club, talking of another world, and surely of a different century. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) I have seen a house in the South Sea village thus surrounded, but then a trader was thrashing his wife inside, and she singing out. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) The success of Law's Mississippi scheme, in 1720, roused the South Sea directory to emulation. Old and New London Volume I Their bodies from long exposure to the rays of the tropical sun were tanned until they might have been easily mistaken for South Sea islanders or some other natives of the hot climates. The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave Upon the whole, however, there was a time when the early Britons were in the position of the South Sea Islanders when first discovered, i.e., ignorant of the use of metals. The Ethnology of the British Islands “I hear that those ornaments make 143 a great hit with the dudes of the South Sea Islands.” The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold It related to the South Sea Bubble, and contained what was practically a list of the largest commercial fortunes existing then in England. Memoirs of Life and Literature The South Sea shareholders were not to be outdone, and ultimately increased their terms to £7,500,000. Old and New London Volume I When we read Charles Lamb's essay on "The South Sea House," we read it not so much to look at the deserted and memorable building as to look at Elia looking at it. Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews There came a ship by the South Sea, With three young wooers on the flood; Who was the first? The Ethnology of the British Islands “That does happen sometimes, but it doesn’t worry the South Sea Islander much,” explained Lester. The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold One thistle-down which blew from the deck of a vessel is said to have covered with thistles the entire surface of a South Sea island. Sowing and Reaping Our South Sea equipages increase daily; the City ladies buy South Sea jewels, hire South Sea maids, take new country South Sea houses; the gentlemen set up South Sea coaches, and buy South Sea estates. Old and New London Volume I I am told by unimpeachable witnesses that they have seen the red or bloody hand in more than one of the temples of the South Sea islanders; and his Excellency Fred. Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa He detected the fallacy of the South Sea scheme, while he himself invented projects, neither inferior in magnificence nor in misery. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Morse, is a great South Sea character, like the side of a house and the green-room of a music-hall, but with all the saving qualities of the seaman. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) The great mariner, while engaged in his celebrated voyages of discovery, was murdered by South Sea Islanders at Owhyhee on the 14th of Feby., Famous Firesides of French Canada The Bank was pressed to circulate the South Sea bonds, but as the panic increased they fought off. Old and New London Volume I By communicating with the London board of underwriters, my agent learned that Henry Thayer was in command of an English whaler in the South Sea. The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller He was then floating on the ideal waves of the South Sea bubble. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors V. and VI., now changed into IV. and V., I propose the common title of South Sea Yarns. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) The South Sea Islanders beat hollow logs with clubs, marking time and creating melody by these notes. History of Human Society The Sword Blade Company, the chief cashiers of the South Sea Company, stopped payment. Old and New London Volume I "It is true," replied Lucille; "and he is at present commanding a ship far away in the South Sea, which is the reason why you could not find him." The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller The forms of the natives of some of the South Sea Islands, to say nothing of their features, are exceedingly fine. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery I have been hard at work since I came; three chapters of The Wrecker, and since that, eight of the South Sea book, and, along and about and in between, a hatful of verses. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) The South Sea Islanders made short gowns of plaited rushes, and the New Zealanders wore rude garments from strings made of native flax. History of Human Society In the first debate the enemies of the South Sea Company were most violent. Old and New London Volume I "Well, you can have your doubts set at rest very soon," said I, "for I have received letters from England saying that Henry is on his return from a whaling voyage in the South Sea." The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller I had almost forgotten his existence!—Of course, it's not impossible; but I imagined he had taken root in some South Sea island long ago. The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel I borrow this explanation from the late Mr. Lafarge’s notes to his catalogue of South Sea Drawings. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) Many people in some of the groups in the South Sea Islands live on cocoanuts. History of Human Society Budgell, Pope's barking enemy, destroyed himself after his losses in this South Sea scheme, and a well-known man of the day called "Tom of Ten Thousand" lost his reason. Old and New London Volume I He put the money into South Sea stock, and lost it all. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) The waters that we know to-day as the Pacific were known to Hudson as the South Sea. The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (Volume 18 of the Chronicles of Canada) Readers of the late Lord Pembroke’s South Sea Bubbles will remember the account of this beverage and its preparation in Chap. viii. of that volume. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) Thus the inhabitants of North America were in the Stone Age less than two centuries ago, while some of the inhabitants of the South Sea Islands are in the Stone Age during the present century. History of Human Society Charles Lamb, in his "Elia," has described the South Sea House in his own delightful way. Old and New London Volume I This evil was exhibited on a national scale by the establishment of the South Sea Company, which exploded in 1720, after creating a madness for speculation never known before or since. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) He found no trace of Hudson, nor a passage to the South Sea; but he gave his mate's name—Baffin—to the lonely land that lines the northern side of the straits. The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (Volume 18 of the Chronicles of Canada) The South Sea novel here mentioned, Sophia Scarlet, never got beyond the rough draft of an opening chapter or two. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) The writer was presented with a bow made of bamboo, and arrows said to be poisoned, which a great traveller, then residing in Horncastle, had brought from the South Sea Islands. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time Acapulco, in Mexico, which is the eastern port for the South Sea and for navigations from Nueva España to Filipinas, is in sixteen and one-half degrees of latitude. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. During the summer of 1608 Smith was frequently away, chasing the phantom of the passage to the South Sea, but this did not prevent the usual quarrels. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 On his ship were iron-bound caskets to carry back the precious metals of which he dreamed, and the framework for houses to be erected for wintering on the South Sea. The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (Volume 18 of the Chronicles of Canada) Having received proofs of some of his South Sea chapters, he had begun to realise that they were not what he had hoped to make them. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) By several gentlemen lately come to town, I perceive the very name of a South Sea man grown abominable in every country. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 When we read Charles Lamb’s essay on “The South Sea House,” we read it not so much to look at the deserted and memorable building as to look at Elia looking at it. A Manual of the Art of Fiction The long suite of drawing-rooms were flung open, and in the far distance a noble conservatory, half greenness, half crystal, terminated the view like some South Sea island flooded with moonlight. A Noble Woman One day he slipped out of the house, went down to the wharf and engaged to go as cabin boy on a South Sea whaler. Up the Forked River Or, Adventures in South America Saturday we expected Captain Morse of the Alameda to come up to lunch, and on Friday with genuine South Sea hospitality had a pig killed. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) This was the attempt to turn the South Sea Company into a concern for enriching quickly both its private and its governmental investors. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Among the lower types of humanity such as Mongolians, native African Negroes and South Sea Islanders, the resemblance of individuals in each tribe makes it almost impossible for civilized Westerners to distinguish between them. The Rosicrucian Mysteries An Elementary Exposition of Their Secret Teachings It was quite like old times to see these dwellings again, and some of them were actually occupied by genuine South Sea Islanders—Kanakas. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' She boasted of a large black hat which seemed a combination of a Spanish scarf and a South Sea pirate’s pet headgear, since it had red coral earrings hanging at either side of it. The Gorgeous Girl Three years have passed, and still Captain Bergen, Mate Storms and Inez Hawthorne are upon the lonely Pearl Island in the South Sea. Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils Contrary to all expectation South Sea stock fell when the bill received the royal assent. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 I was a South Sea merchant now, and was reaping the fruit of all them lonely slaving days on the Line. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas Those whom we saw on the river wore scarcely any clothing, and paddled about in little canoes somewhat similar to those used in the South Sea Islands and Ceylon. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Their traditions relate—and they are confirmed by independent investigations—that they came about 400 years ago from the South Sea Islands, and drove out or exterminated the natives. Six Letters From the Colonies “If that’s the case,” said Captain Bergen, “we haven’t anything to fear from them, for, with our guns and ammunition, we can hold our own against a dozen South Sea Islanders.” Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils It bore up against the storm; but its former rival, the South Sea Company, was wrecked upon it. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 I certainly have some claim to know South Sea life from the inside—from the native's side—and this must be my excuse for the present volume. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas They purport generally to convey the soil, from the Atlantic to the South Sea. Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, at January Term, 1832, Delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall in the Case of Samuel A. Worcester, Plaintiff in Error, versus the State of Georgia With a Statement of the Case, Extracted from the Records of the Supreme Court of the United States The Daily Chronicle says: “Many able authors, an unaccountable number, have written about the South Sea Islands, but none that we know has written so charmingly as Mr. de Vere Stacpoole in ‘The Blue Lagoon.’” Olive in Italy Each was fully six feet in height––an unusual stature among the South Sea Islanders––and their breasts, arms and legs were tattooed with all sorts of figures and representations. Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils But the public confidence in the South Sea Company was not shaken. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Or some tribe of savages in America, or the South Sea islands at the present time? Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad In the intervening time the South Sea buccaneers had picked up wonderfully. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main I do not remember to have heard that the South Sea Islanders, in the ante-missionary days, had an easier time of it than this. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo The fact of his having been five years, as he says, in these South Sea Islands, shows that all is not right, which is confirmed by his dislike of saying anything about his earlier history. Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils On May 29th the stock had risen as high as 500, and about two-thirds of the government annuitants had exchanged the securities of the state for those of the South Sea Company. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 It appears that we find a prolongation of the Andes towards the South Sea, between Cruces and Panama. A Succinct View of the Importance and Practicability of Forming a Ship Canal across the Isthmus of Panama The most conspicuous of the peaceful performances of our navy were known respectively as the "South Sea Exploring Expedition" and the "Japan Diplomatic Expedition." Harper's Young People, August 31, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The Riverhead manufacture is known in the South Sea and Australia. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand He had read Steele's story of that man lonely in the South Sea island, and Woodes Roger's account of the discovery of him. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History I have got an aunt at Sydenham, and I can go in to tea after the concert and hear all about the missionary work in the South Sea Islands.' Ghetto Comedies |
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