mannini

Updated: June 16, 2025

So long as they had money, they would not work for fifty dollars a month, and when their money was gone, they would work for ten. "What do you do here, Mr. Mannini?" said the captain. "Oh, we play cards, get drunk, smoke do anything we're a mind to." "Don't you want to come aboard and work?" "Aole! aole make make makou i ka hana. Now, got plenty money; no good, work. Mamule, money pau all gone.

Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast

So long as they had money, they would not work for fifty dollars a month, and when their money was gone, they would work for ten. ``What do you do here, Mr. Mannini? said the captain. ``Oh! we play cards, get drunk, smoke, do anything we're a mind to. ``Don't you want to come aboard and work? ``Aole! aole make make makou i ka hana. Now, got plenty money; no good, work.

Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast

Mannini, who was the most noted improvisatore among them, sing for an hour together, when at work in the midst of Americans and Englishmen; and, by the occasional shouts and laughter of the Kanakas, who were at a distance, it was evident that he was singing about the different men that he was at work with.

Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast

Bingham was a sort of patriarch among them, and was treated with great respect, though he had not the education and energy which gave Mr. Mannini his power over them.

Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast

He was called Mannini, or rather, out of compliment to his known importance and influence, Mr. Mannini, and was known all over California. Through him, the captain offered them fifteen dollars a month, and one month's pay in advance; but it was like throwing pearls before swine, or, rather, carrying coals to Newcastle.

Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast