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 xv
... which , I think , the importance of this subject may be seen : a knowledge of the lan- guage helps to throw a considerable light in the path of those who choose to investi gate the origin of the people , or how far INTRODUCTION . XV.
... which , I think , the importance of this subject may be seen : a knowledge of the lan- guage helps to throw a considerable light in the path of those who choose to investi gate the origin of the people , or how far INTRODUCTION . XV.
Side xix
... considerable : besides the common acquisitions of reading , writing , and arithmetic , he had made much pro- gress in his knowledge of history , geogra- phy , and the French language , and also some advance in the first rudiments of the ...
... considerable : besides the common acquisitions of reading , writing , and arithmetic , he had made much pro- gress in his knowledge of history , geogra- phy , and the French language , and also some advance in the first rudiments of the ...
Side xxii
... considerable change in his per- . sonal character and external habits , inso- mate associate . It need scarcely be added , that this event gave additional interest to his recital , and furnished me with the opportunity of becoming ...
... considerable change in his per- . sonal character and external habits , inso- mate associate . It need scarcely be added , that this event gave additional interest to his recital , and furnished me with the opportunity of becoming ...
Side xxv
... considerable ease and fluency , although he had scarcely seen a French book , or spoken French since he had left school , a period of nearly eight years , during four of which he had resided among an uncivilized people , and had been ...
... considerable ease and fluency , although he had scarcely seen a French book , or spoken French since he had left school , a period of nearly eight years , during four of which he had resided among an uncivilized people , and had been ...
Side xxvi
... considerable por- tion of which work is occupied in de- scribing the manners and customs of the Sandwich islands , where the author resided about thirteen months . At the period of this publication , the greater part of the fol- lowing ...
... considerable por- tion of which work is occupied in de- scribing the manners and customs of the Sandwich islands , where the author resided about thirteen months . At the period of this publication , the greater part of the fol- lowing ...
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