Polynesia: A History of the South Sea Islands, Including New Zealand ; with Narrative of the Introduction of Christianity, & CT. Nelson, 1852 - 486 sider |
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Side 12
... Continued Progress of Knowledge and Civilisation - Case of a Chief - Number of Persons in Congregations and Schools - Religion must pre- cede all other Improvements , CHAPTER VII . TONGA , FIJEE , AND NAVIGATORS ' ISLANDS . .. Page 219 ...
... Continued Progress of Knowledge and Civilisation - Case of a Chief - Number of Persons in Congregations and Schools - Religion must pre- cede all other Improvements , CHAPTER VII . TONGA , FIJEE , AND NAVIGATORS ' ISLANDS . .. Page 219 ...
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... continued in New Ireland and New Hanover . It often happens that the subordinate chains are individually terminated by a larger island than the others of which they are composed . For instance , Ota heite , Owhyhce , and Tierra del ...
... continued in New Ireland and New Hanover . It often happens that the subordinate chains are individually terminated by a larger island than the others of which they are composed . For instance , Ota heite , Owhyhce , and Tierra del ...
Side 32
... continued in their progress towards the west till they met the tide of emigration flowing from Java and Sumatra , where the Malays are still found to con- stitute the majority of the inhabitants . At all events , from a variety of facts ...
... continued in their progress towards the west till they met the tide of emigration flowing from Java and Sumatra , where the Malays are still found to con- stitute the majority of the inhabitants . At all events , from a variety of facts ...
Side 62
... continued to hold some mysteri- ous connexion . Hence their forefathers and their divini- ties being in many cases identified , the same forms of adoration were directed to both . But as the imagination of a savage does not long remain ...
... continued to hold some mysteri- ous connexion . Hence their forefathers and their divini- ties being in many cases identified , the same forms of adoration were directed to both . But as the imagination of a savage does not long remain ...
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... continued until four of the females have been put to death ; after which they are all buried in the same grave with their husband , to cheer his passage into the invisible world , and to serve him in that distant land with their wonted ...
... continued until four of the females have been put to death ; after which they are all buried in the same grave with their husband , to cheer his passage into the invisible world , and to serve him in that distant land with their wonted ...
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afterwards appeared Archipelago areois aries arrived attended brethren canoes Captain Cook ceremonies CHAP character chiefs christian christian teachers church civilisation civilized cloth coast cocoa-nut colony converts coral crew death desire discovered divine Eimeo Ellis English Erromanga European faith favourable feet Fijee French Georgian group gods gospel ground habits heathen Hebrides human hundred idolatry idols influence inhabitants instruction intercourse Isles king knowledge labours land less Lond Mangaia manner means ment miles mind mission missionaries Mitiaro moral murder natives Navigators observed occasion Otaheite Pacific persons Pitcairn's Island Polynesian Pomare Pomare II Port Jackson possession prayer present priests principal Raiatea Rarotonga received reef religion religious remarks residence respect Sandwich Islands savage ship shore sion sionary Society Islands soon South Sea spirit station superstition Tahiti tion Tonga Tonga Islands Tongataboo trees tribes vessel visited Voyage whole worship Zealand
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Side 227 - He burneth part thereof in the fire, with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself and saith, "Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.
Side 431 - And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
Side 98 - for twenty-three weeks we had been treated with the utmost affection and regard, and which seemed to increase in proportion to our stay. That we were not insensible to their kindness, the events which followed more than sufficiently prove ; for to the friendly and endearing behaviour of these people, may be ascribed the motives for that •event which effected the ruin of an expedition, that there was every reason to hope would have been completed in the most fortunate manner.
Side 64 - He, having willed to produce various beings from his own divine substance, first with a thought created the waters, and placed in them a productive seed : that seed became an egg bright as gold, blazing like the luminary with a thousand beams ; and in that egg he was born himself, in the form of Brahma, the great forefather of all spirits.
Side 204 - Sabbath-day is devoted entirely to prayer, reading, and serious meditation. No boat is allowed to quit the shore, nor any work whatever to be done, cooking excepted, for which preparation is made the preceding evening. I attended their church on this day, and found the service well conducted ; the prayers were read by Adams, and the lessons by Buffet, the service being preceded by hymns.
Side 78 - ... who carefully clothe themselves and avoid the sunbeams, are but a shade or two darker than a European brunette ; their eyes are black and sparkling ; their teeth white and even ; their skin soft and delicate...
Side 117 - Mission-house, a distance of half a mile ; and not a single article of clothing was taken from any man belonging to the ship, though they had it in their...
Side 239 - I am convinced that the first step towards the promotion of a nation's temporal and social elevation, is to plant amongst them the tree of life, when civilization and commerce will entwine their tendrils around its trunk, and derive support from its strength. Until the people are brought under the influence of religion, they have no desire for the arts and usages of civilized life; but that invariably creates it.
Side 243 - The chief immediately took the hint, and conducted us along a lane that led to an open green, on the one side of which was a house of worship built on a mount that had been raised by the hand of man, about sixteen or eighteen feet above the common level. It had an oblong figure, and was inclosed by a wall or parapet of stone, about three feet in height.
Side 111 - I replied in the affirmative, that it was strictly so according to my own belief, and that of all the wiser and better part of my countrymen. He demanded of me where Jehovah lived ; I pointed to the heavens. He said he did not believe it.