 ... lived alone in a dark hut, the door of which was very small, and into which no one dared enter. Whatever they wanted was given them. They taught that it was an abominable sin for any one to refuse them his daughter, or any thing else which they chose...  Inselgruppen in Oceanien: Reiseergebnisse und Studien - Side 163af Adolf Bastian - 1883 - 282 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Robert Southey - 1810 - 684 sider
...them his daughter, or any thing else which they chose to ask ; and few ventured to incur the sin, for if they predicted the death of one who had offended...prediction was a sentence which faith effectually executed. M ' Their mode of quackery was that which is common to all Savage conjurers ; they sucked the part... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1810 - 688 sider
...them his daughter, or any thing else which they chose to ask ; and few ventured to incur the sin, for if they predicted the death of one who had offended...dying, that he would neither eat nor drink, and the MHda. prediction was a sentence which faith effectually executed. uss.*. «4. •'- mode Of quackery... | |
 | Boris Sidis - 1922 - 390 sider
...the Indian tribes of Brazil, if the medicine-man predicted the death of anyone who had offended him, "the wretch took to his hammock instantly in such...would neither eat nor drink, and the prediction was effectually executed." Speaking of certain African races Major Leonard observes: "I have seen more... | |
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