 | William Mariner, John Martin - 1817 - 540 sider
...sides, and many * In a civil war at these islands, at well as at other places, H often happens that sons have to fight against their fathers, and brothers...which binds every man in honour to join the cause of tl^ chief on whose island he happens to be at the time the war is declared, unless some circumstance,... | |
 | 1817 - 610 sider
...brother ; but in Tonga this evil, frightful as it is, is increased by a custom which requires every man to join the cause of that chief on whose island he happens to be when war is declared. A scene ensued which is strangely contrasted with the more than brutal ferocity... | |
 | 1817 - 592 sider
...brother ; but in Tonga this evil, frightful as it is, is increased by a custom which requires every man to join the cause of that chief on whose island he happens to be when, war is declared. A scene ensued which is strangely contrasted with the more than brutal ferocity... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1827 - 722 sider
...their entrench* In a civil war at these islands, as well as at other places, it often happens that sons have to fight against their fathers, and brothers...renders this circumstance still more common at Tonga, isthe adherence to an old established custom, which binds every man in honour to join the cause of... | |
 | 1817 - 626 sider
...brother ; but in Tonga this evil, frightful as it is, is increased by a custom which requires every man to join the cause of that chief on whose island he happens to be when war is declared. A scene ensued which is strangely contrasted with the more than brutal ferocity... | |
 | Robert Wood Williamson - 1924 - 514 sider
...against their brothers, this being rendered common by the adherence to an old-established custom binding every man in honour to join the cause of that chief on whose island he happened to be 8 at the time the war was declared, unless some circumstance, such as particular relationship... | |
 | Robert Wood Williamson - 1924 - 512 sider
...against their brothers, this being rendered common by the adherence to an old-established custom binding every man in honour to join the cause of that chief on whose island he happened to be 8 at the time the war was declared, unless some circumstance, such as particular relationship... | |
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Tonga, is the adherence to an old established custom, which binds every man in honour to join the cause of that chief on whose island he happens to be at the time the war is declared... 