islanders

The life of the poorer islanders is usually one of great privation, and ceaseless hard work is required to win a subsistence from the soil in the mountain uplands, exposed alternately to the scorching summer sun and the fierce gales and icy winds of winter.

The Mother 1928

I thought the islanders were a bit unforgiving towards him, and that lead Charlie to doing what he did with the baby.

Lost improvement RobB 2006

I thought the islanders were a bit unforgiving towards him, and that lead Charlie to doing what he did with the baby.

Archive 2006-02-01 RobB 2006

_ -- The islanders are a Spanish race, very closely akin to the

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

Heligoland was a splendid recruiting ground for the Royal Navy, for the islanders were a hardy race of seafarers, and made ideal material for bluejackets.

The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

The traders and sailing masters of the vessels who take away the islanders are the most culpable.

Life of John Coleridge Patteson Yonge, Charlotte M 1873

The islanders are a comely race, of a copper complexion.

Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains 1836

"The one thing you get with the islanders is the longer the Fijians, Samoans and Tongans are together, the better they get," he said.

WalesOnline - Home 2011

The islanders are a comely race, of a copper complexion.

Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains Washington Irving 1821

During the last 200 years the islanders have been subject to perhaps the most unusual story of the Canarian Migration; while it is full of unusual tales and events the story of the islanders is the least known inside and outside the archipelago.

WN.com - Business News 2010