Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 251, Issue 1517William Blackwood, 1942 |
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Page 202
... fight for supremacy between the British and the Maoris - a fight which was not brought to a final conclusion until over thirty years later . The authorities lost no time in putting Kororareka in a state of defence , but there was no one ...
... fight for supremacy between the British and the Maoris - a fight which was not brought to a final conclusion until over thirty years later . The authorities lost no time in putting Kororareka in a state of defence , but there was no one ...
Page 204
... fight furiously until the last man was killed , and that nothing could make them run away . Fear came like a cold fog on all the Ngapuhi , and no chief but Heke had any courage left . But Heke called together his people and spoke to ...
... fight furiously until the last man was killed , and that nothing could make them run away . Fear came like a cold fog on all the Ngapuhi , and no chief but Heke had any courage left . But Heke called together his people and spoke to ...
Page 205
... fight , which contains these lines : - " The warlike of the Isles , The men of field and wave , Are not the rocks their funeral pile , The seas and shores their grave ? Go strangers , track the deep , Free free the white sail spread ...
... fight , which contains these lines : - " The warlike of the Isles , The men of field and wave , Are not the rocks their funeral pile , The seas and shores their grave ? Go strangers , track the deep , Free free the white sail spread ...
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