An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean: With an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of Their Language : in Two Volumes, Bind 1Constable, 1827 - 340 sider |
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Side xii
... better opportu- nities which fell in Mr Mariner's way , and consequently is not so intimately acquaint- ed , in certain points of view , with the poli- tical sentiments , and moral notions and ha- bits especially of the higher classes ...
... better opportu- nities which fell in Mr Mariner's way , and consequently is not so intimately acquaint- ed , in certain points of view , with the poli- tical sentiments , and moral notions and ha- bits especially of the higher classes ...
Side xiv
... better arranged , in bearing reference to the reli- gious and political proceedings relating to their society . " " That no source of information or of sa- tisfactory proof might be left untried , I engaged Jeremiah Higgins to come up ...
... better arranged , in bearing reference to the reli- gious and political proceedings relating to their society . " " That no source of information or of sa- tisfactory proof might be left untried , I engaged Jeremiah Higgins to come up ...
Side xix
... better , ➡ from imperfection towards perfection . It is in morals much the same as in physics ; if we would alter the qualities of a substance , we must first ex- amine what those qualities are , that we may see in what way they are ...
... better , ➡ from imperfection towards perfection . It is in morals much the same as in physics ; if we would alter the qualities of a substance , we must first ex- amine what those qualities are , that we may see in what way they are ...
Side xxii
... better of his capabili- ty as an observer and narrator , I shall here beg to present the following early memoir of him . F His father , Mr Magnus Mariner , * was former- ly the owner of a hired armed cutter , of which he • * He died ...
... better of his capabili- ty as an observer and narrator , I shall here beg to present the following early memoir of him . F His father , Mr Magnus Mariner , * was former- ly the owner of a hired armed cutter , of which he • * He died ...
Side xxxi
... religion of the white people . They had thought that the latter came to live among them merely from choice , as liking the climate better than their own . had learnt in this respect from sinking for ever in- INTRODUCTION , xxxi.
... religion of the white people . They had thought that the latter came to live among them merely from choice , as liking the climate better than their own . had learnt in this respect from sinking for ever in- INTRODUCTION , xxxi.
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