An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific OceanC. Ewer, 1820 - 461 sider |
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... female who for many years had been afflicted with insanity . She had become insane in consequence of excessive grief , partly occasioned by the death of a near relation , but principally by her child having been taken from her to be ...
... female who for many years had been afflicted with insanity . She had become insane in consequence of excessive grief , partly occasioned by the death of a near relation , but principally by her child having been taken from her to be ...
Side 88
... females , but who are never affected in the manner above discribed : they are generally low spirited and thoughtful , as if some heavy misfortune had be- fallen them , and , as the symptom increases , they generally shed a profusion of ...
... females , but who are never affected in the manner above discribed : they are generally low spirited and thoughtful , as if some heavy misfortune had be- fallen them , and , as the symptom increases , they generally shed a profusion of ...
Side 89
... female two or three succes- sive nights in his sleep , and had begun to suspect he was inspired by her , though he could not tell who she was . He died two days afterwards . Mr. Mariner visited the sick chief three or four times , at ...
... female two or three succes- sive nights in his sleep , and had begun to suspect he was inspired by her , though he could not tell who she was . He died two days afterwards . Mr. Mariner visited the sick chief three or four times , at ...
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... female attendants , who were under the necessity of again raising her when she required it . A young girl , about five years of age , was also dressed out in a similar manner , to be her immediate and particular handmaid . Four other ...
... female attendants , who were under the necessity of again raising her when she required it . A young girl , about five years of age , was also dressed out in a similar manner , to be her immediate and particular handmaid . Four other ...
Side 103
... female attend- ants . Toobó Tóa was the chief that formerly had the direction of the conspiracy against the Port au Prince he was a man of not quite so brave and disinterested a spirit as Toobó Nuha : he par- took rather of the ...
... female attend- ants . Toobó Tóa was the chief that formerly had the direction of the conspiracy against the Port au Prince he was a man of not quite so brave and disinterested a spirit as Toobó Nuha : he par- took rather of the ...
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accordingly afterwards appear arms arrived body Bolotoo canoe Captain Captain Cook carronades ceremony chiefs and matabooles circumstance club cocoa-nut consequence considered Cook Cow Mooala custom dance death endeavour enemy father feet female Fiji islands Finow fono fortress four fytoca garrison gnatoo gods grave ground Hala Api Api Hamoa hand Hapai islands happened head Hihifo hogs honour hotooas immediately island of Tonga killed king malái Mariner Mariner's mats means mind mooas morning natives Neafoo night Nioo occasion Oomoo orders Papalangi performed person piece plantains plantation Port au Prince Port Jackson present priest rank remain respect sail Sandwich islands sent sentiments ship shore side Society islands sometimes soon spears superior supposed táboo Talo Tangaloa Tarky thing tion Tonga islands Toobó Nuha Toobo Toa Toogoo Ahoo Tooi Tooitonga Vavaoo Veachi warriors whilst women wound yams young chief
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Side 389 - Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am the LORD.
Side 363 - It must not, however, be supposed, that these women are always easily won ; the greatest attentions and most fervent solicitations are sometimes requisite, even though there be no other lover in the way. This happens sometimes from a spirit of coquetry, at other times from a dislike to the party, &c. It is thought shameful for a woman frequently to change her lover. Great presents are by no means certain methods of gaining her favours, and consequently they are more frequently made afterwards than...
Side 330 - Bolotoo is supposed to be so far off as to render it dangerous for their canoes to attempt going there ; and it is supposed moreover that even if they were to succeed in reaching so far, unless it happened to be the particular will of the gods, they would be sure to miss it.
Side 374 - ... with his arms considerably extended, he brings his right hand towards his breast, moving it gradually onwards ; and whilst his left hand is coming round towards his right shoulder, his right hand partially twisting the...
Side 96 - ... which Finow snatched the paper from his hand, and with astonishment, looked at it, turned it round and examined it in all directions; at length he exclaimed, "This is neither like myself nor anybody else ; where are my eyes ? where is my head ? where are my legs? How can you possibly know it to be I ?" and then without stopping for any attempt at an explanation, he impatiently ordered Mr.
Side 375 - Sometimes the fibres of the fow are heard to crack with the increasing tension, yet the mass is seen whole and entire, becoming more thin as it becomes more twisted, while the infusion drains from it in a regularly decreasing quantity, till at length it denies a single drop.
Side 435 - All this while, the women accompanied their song with several very graceful motions of their hands toward their faces, and in other directions at the same time, making constantly a step forward, and then back again, with one foot, while the other was fixed. They then turned their faces to the assembly, sung some time, and retreated slowly in a body, to that part of the circle which was opposite the hut where the principal spectators sat. After this, one of them advanced from each side, meeting and...
Side 437 - ... some particular parts ; and even a stranger, who never saw the diversion before, felt similar satisfaction, at the same instant. For though, through the whole, the most strict concert was observed, some of the gestures were so expressive, that it might be said they spoke the language that accompanied them, if we allow that there is any connection between motion and sound.
Side 96 - I ?" and then, without stopping for any attempt at an explanation, he impatiently ordered Mr. Mariner to write something else, and thus employed him for three or four hours in putting down the names of different persons, places, and things, and making the other man read them. This afforded extraordinary diversion to Finow, and to all the men and women present, particularly as he now and then whispered a little love anecdote, which was strictly written down, and audibly read by the other, not a little...
Side 168 - Certainly money is much handier, and more convenient, but then, as it will not spoil by being kept, people will store it up, instead of sharing it out, as a chief ought to do...