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 i
... gives a peculiar charm to the " description of their manners . ... Such pictures , no doubt , have more attraction than " those which pourtray the solemn gravity of the inhabitant of the banks of the " Missouri or the Maranon ...
... gives a peculiar charm to the " description of their manners . ... Such pictures , no doubt , have more attraction than " those which pourtray the solemn gravity of the inhabitant of the banks of the " Missouri or the Maranon ...
Side v
... , 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 , "
... , 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
... 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 1811 I accidentally heard that Mr. William Mariner , the bearer of a letter from the East ...
... 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 1811 I accidentally heard that Mr. William Mariner , the bearer of a letter from the East ...
Side ix
... gives birth to another , until the whole subject lies completely unfolded to the mind . In regard to arrangement : in the first place is related an account of the voyage of the Port au Prince , it being esteemed sufficiently interesting ...
... gives birth to another , until the whole subject lies completely unfolded to the mind . In regard to arrangement : in the first place is related an account of the voyage of the Port au Prince , it being esteemed sufficiently interesting ...
Side xi
... gives a more intimate detail of the state of society in regard to rank and pro- fessions ; their religious and political go- vernment ; the names and attributes of their principal gods ; their notions of the human soul , and of a future ...
... gives a more intimate detail of the state of society in regard to rank and pro- fessions ; their religious and political go- vernment ; the names and attributes of their principal gods ; their notions of the human soul , and of a future ...
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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