An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean: With an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of Their Language, Bind 1Author, and sold, 1817 - 212 sider |
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Side xii
... Tonga words , or well adapted phrases ; and having assiduously attended to the elementary sounds of the language , and determined upon a plan of orthography , I took upon myself the charge of arrang- ing all the Tonga words ...
... Tonga words , or well adapted phrases ; and having assiduously attended to the elementary sounds of the language , and determined upon a plan of orthography , I took upon myself the charge of arrang- ing all the Tonga words ...
Side xiv
... Tonga people , Mr. Mariner could only arrive at a thorough knowledge of their religious , political , and moral character , and the spirit of their religious and political sen- timents , through the medium of their lan- guage , for all ...
... Tonga people , Mr. Mariner could only arrive at a thorough knowledge of their religious , political , and moral character , and the spirit of their religious and political sen- timents , through the medium of their lan- guage , for all ...
Side xv
... Tonga language is the master - key , and which is here offered to all whom accident or design may lead to the same spot , that they may make the same researches in much less time , and with much less hazard and difficulty , than it ...
... Tonga language is the master - key , and which is here offered to all whom accident or design may lead to the same spot , that they may make the same researches in much less time , and with much less hazard and difficulty , than it ...
Side xvi
... certainly to speak to them in their own language * ; * The king and several other chiefs at the Tonga islands appeared quite surprised when Mr. Mariner informed them * --and to construct a dictionary and gram- mar of xvi INTRODUCTION .
... certainly to speak to them in their own language * ; * The king and several other chiefs at the Tonga islands appeared quite surprised when Mr. Mariner informed them * --and to construct a dictionary and gram- mar of xvi INTRODUCTION .
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