An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific OceanC. Ewer, 1820 - 461 sider |
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Side xiv
... turn of thinking requisite for compo- sition and arrangement , he was apprehensive his endeavours would fail in doing that justice to the work which I seemed to think its importance demanded : he modestly proposed , however , to submit ...
... turn of thinking requisite for compo- sition and arrangement , he was apprehensive his endeavours would fail in doing that justice to the work which I seemed to think its importance demanded : he modestly proposed , however , to submit ...
Side xxv
... turn it aside , rather than allow him to be hurt . 1 P. 185. The author here speaks of the use of Ava , ( or as the Tonga people call it , Cava , ) which he never saw employed but as a medicine to prevent corpulency , ardent spirits ...
... turn it aside , rather than allow him to be hurt . 1 P. 185. The author here speaks of the use of Ava , ( or as the Tonga people call it , Cava , ) which he never saw employed but as a medicine to prevent corpulency , ardent spirits ...
Side 55
... turn their heads , out of curiosity , to see what was going forward in the canoe , at which moment the two chiefs were to knock them down , with short iron- wood clubs , which they had concealed under their dress . Before the canoe ...
... turn their heads , out of curiosity , to see what was going forward in the canoe , at which moment the two chiefs were to knock them down , with short iron- wood clubs , which they had concealed under their dress . Before the canoe ...
Side 57
... turning round , Mr. Mariner presented his hands open , to signify that he was unarmed and at their mercy he then uttered aroghah ! ( a word of friendly salutation among the Sandwich isl- anders ) and asked him partly in English , and ...
... turning round , Mr. Mariner presented his hands open , to signify that he was unarmed and at their mercy he then uttered aroghah ! ( a word of friendly salutation among the Sandwich isl- anders ) and asked him partly in English , and ...
Side 64
... turns to their ears ; they were astonished at the noise it made ; they listened again to it ; turned it on every side , and exclaimed “ mo - ooi " ( it is alive ! ) they then pinched and bit it , as if expecting it would squeak out ...
... turns to their ears ; they were astonished at the noise it made ; they listened again to it ; turned it on every side , and exclaimed “ mo - ooi " ( it is alive ! ) they then pinched and bit it , as if expecting it would squeak out ...
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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...