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 vii
... appeared before the public . His answers to several inquiries , in regard to their religion , government , and habits of life , were given with that kind of unassuming confidence which be- speaks a thorough intimacy with the sub- ject ...
... appeared before the public . His answers to several inquiries , in regard to their religion , government , and habits of life , were given with that kind of unassuming confidence which be- speaks a thorough intimacy with the sub- ject ...
Side xvi
... 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 .
... 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 .
Side xvii
... appeared to me paramount to a duty to use those means that lay in my power to prevent that the object of the missionaries had been to instruct them in the religion of the white people : they had thought that the latter came to live ...
... appeared to me paramount to a duty to use those means that lay in my power to prevent that the object of the missionaries had been to instruct them in the religion of the white people : they had thought that the latter came to live ...
Side xxiv
... appeared almost like copies , which suffi- ciently evinced the correctness with which he remembered the original Tonga , and at the same time furnished an instance of the characteristic uniformity of his expres- sion in his own language ...
... appeared almost like copies , which suffi- ciently evinced the correctness with which he remembered the original Tonga , and at the same time furnished an instance of the characteristic uniformity of his expres- sion in his own language ...
Side xlvi
... appearance of the na- tives - Their first plan to take the vessel unsuccessful- Natives assemble on deck in great numbers - Signal of attack - Mr . Mariner runs into the gun - room , and , meet- ing with the cooper , they determine to ...
... appearance of the na- tives - Their first plan to take the vessel unsuccessful- Natives assemble on deck in great numbers - Signal of attack - Mr . Mariner runs into the gun - room , and , meet- ing with the cooper , they determine to ...
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accordingly afterwards anchor appeared armed arrived bales of gnatoo bird boat body Bolotoo brought Captain Captain Cook carronades ceremony chiefs and matabooles circumstance club cocoa-nut consecrated Cow Mooala death enemy feet Felletoa fencing Fiji islands Filimóëátoo Finow fono fortress four fytoca garrison gave gods grave ground guns Haano Hamoa hand Hapai islands head hogs immediately island of Tonga killed king king of Tonga large canoe length lest Mariner Mariner's marly mats mean morning natives Neafoo night Nioocalofa occasion orders Paita party plantains Port au Prince Port Jackson present priest prisoners procured remained respect returned revenge sail sent on shore ship shot side soon spears taboo taken Tarky Teoo Cava thing thought tion Toe Oomoo Tonga islands Toobó Toobo Malohi Toobo Neuha Toobo Toa Toogoo Ahoo Tooi Tooitonga took vessel Voona whaling whilst women yams young chief