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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... land particularly , I conceive to be because Captain Cook and his people were the first strangers , and consequently the first Englishmen they recollect to have seen , and who had come lately from Otaheite : hence , Taheite ( or Caheite ...
... land particularly , I conceive to be because Captain Cook and his people were the first strangers , and consequently the first Englishmen they recollect to have seen , and who had come lately from Otaheite : hence , Taheite ( or Caheite ...
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... land whence Englishmen come ; but at length , understanding there were many other countries in the world , they adopted this word as a general name for any foreign land . The more proper word for England , which the best informed among ...
... land whence Englishmen come ; but at length , understanding there were many other countries in the world , they adopted this word as a general name for any foreign land . The more proper word for England , which the best informed among ...
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... land , in the habit of resorting to this island for the ex- press purpose of procuring seal skins . On Tuesday , the 14th , two boats were sent on shore to the high land above Maldonado , to reconnoitre and kill wild cattle , which were ...
... land , in the habit of resorting to this island for the ex- press purpose of procuring seal skins . On Tuesday , the 14th , two boats were sent on shore to the high land above Maldonado , to reconnoitre and kill wild cattle , which were ...
Side 15
... land , on account of the very heavy surf ; a brisk fire was therefore kept up till five in the afternoon , when the brig was burnt . Several shots were fired from the fort , but without effect . Doubting whether the place , after all ...
... land , on account of the very heavy surf ; a brisk fire was therefore kept up till five in the afternoon , when the brig was burnt . Several shots were fired from the fort , but without effect . Doubting whether the place , after all ...
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... land the men at the same time . Whilst landing , the enemy opened a smart fire of musquetry , which mortally wounded one man , and slightly wounded two others . The men being all landed , took re- fuge behind a rock , whence , seeing a ...
... land the men at the same time . Whilst landing , the enemy opened a smart fire of musquetry , which mortally wounded one man , and slightly wounded two others . The men being all landed , took re- fuge behind a rock , whence , seeing a ...
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