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 iii
... CUSTOMS , RELIGION , AND LANGUAGE , FROM THE ORAL DESCRIPTIONS OF AN ENGLISHMAN LONG RESIDENT THERE , IS MOST WILLINGLY INSCRIBED AS A SMALL , YET APPROPRIATE TRIBUTE OF RESPECT , BY HIS VERY OBEDIENT AND DEVOTED HUMBLE SERVANT , JOHN ...
... CUSTOMS , RELIGION , AND LANGUAGE , FROM THE ORAL DESCRIPTIONS OF AN ENGLISHMAN LONG RESIDENT THERE , IS MOST WILLINGLY INSCRIBED AS A SMALL , YET APPROPRIATE TRIBUTE OF RESPECT , BY HIS VERY OBEDIENT AND DEVOTED HUMBLE SERVANT , JOHN ...
Side v
... customs , we have thought it expedient to denote them all by one common name , which the natives them- * Port Refuge , in this island , is stated to be in S. lat . 18. 50. and W. long . 174 . selves give them , viz . " Tonga , "
... customs , we have thought it expedient to denote them all by one common name , which the natives them- * Port Refuge , in this island , is stated to be in S. lat . 18. 50. and W. long . 174 . selves give them , viz . " Tonga , "
Side vi
... customs , and language , so little has hitherto been published + , I shall proceed at once to give a simple statement of the circumstances which first gave rise to it , and the authority under which it has been conducted . In the year ...
... customs , and language , so little has hitherto been published + , I shall proceed at once to give a simple statement of the circumstances which first gave rise to it , and the authority under which it has been conducted . In the year ...
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... 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 sheets was already printed off , at least as far as the grammar . On perusing Mr ...
... 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 sheets was already printed off , at least as far as the grammar . On perusing Mr ...
Side xxx
... custom of knocking them out as a sacrifice , for much the same purpose as the Tonga people cut off their little fin- gers the consequence is , that their pro- nunciation , to the ears of a foreigner , is exceedingly indistinct : they ...
... custom of knocking them out as a sacrifice , for much the same purpose as the Tonga people cut off their little fin- gers the consequence is , that their pro- nunciation , to the ears of a foreigner , is exceedingly indistinct : they ...
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