 | General history - 1814 - 798 sider
...air, to which responses were made by the chorus in the same tone; and these were repeated aUernatelj'. All this while, the women accompanied their song with...progress round, till they came to the rest. On which, {wo advanced from each side, two of whom also passed each other, and returned as the former ; but the... | |
 | William Mariner - 1817 - 632 sider
...treated slowly in a body to that part of the cir** cle which was opposite the hut where the prin" cipal spectators sat. After this, one of them " advanced...their " progress round till they came to the rest : ort " which two advanced from each side, two of " whom passed each other and returned as the " former;... | |
 | James Cook - 1821 - 488 sider
...rose, or others ; and many of them had ornamented their persons with leaves of trees, cut with a great deal of nicety about the edges. They made a circle...On which two advanced from each side, two of whom also passed each other, and returned as the former; but the other two remained, and to these came one... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 532 sider
...song with several very graceful motions of their hands toward their faces, and in other direc• tions at the same time, making constantly a step forward,...On which, two advanced from each side, two of whom also passed each other, and returned as the former ; but the other two remained, and to these came... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 644 sider
...chorus in the same tone ; and these were repeated alternately. All this while, the women aecompanied their song with several very graceful motions of their...On which two advanced from each side, two of whom also passed each other, and returned as the former ; but the other two remained, and to these came... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 654 sider
...a body, to that part of the circle which was opposite the hut where the principal spectators wit. . After this, one of them advanced from each side, meeting...On which two advanced from each side, two of whom also passed each other, and returned as the former ; but the. other two remained, and to these came... | |
 | David Laing Purves - 1874 - 856 sider
...in a body to that part of the circle which was opposite the hut where the principal spectators eat. After this, one of them advanced from each side, meeting...On which, two advanced from each side, two of whom also passed each other, and returned as the former ; but the other two remained ; and to these came... | |
 | Theresa Jill Buckland - 2007 - 262 sider
...nicety about the edges. They made a circle round the chorus, turning their faces toward it, and began singing a soft air, to which responses were made by...On which two advanced from each side, two of whom also passed each other, and returned as the former; but the other two remained, and to these came one... | |
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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... 