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 47
... Lest this should be thought a rash and presumptuous conduct , as sacrificing their own lives unnecessarily , it should be considered that it would be almost a certain pre- to the gun - room to procure flint and steel VOYAGE OF THE PORT ...
... Lest this should be thought a rash and presumptuous conduct , as sacrificing their own lives unnecessarily , it should be considered that it would be almost a certain pre- to the gun - room to procure flint and steel VOYAGE OF THE PORT ...
Side 56
... lest it should be human flesh , he did not taste it , but ate heartily of the yám , not having tasted any thing since breakfast the preceding day . On getting up the next morning , he was much surprised at perceiving every body with ...
... lest it should be human flesh , he did not taste it , but ate heartily of the yám , not having tasted any thing since breakfast the preceding day . On getting up the next morning , he was much surprised at perceiving every body with ...
Side 62
... lest he should be injured by the wantonness or malice of the lower orders , who took every opportu- . nity of insulting him . On the 16th of Decem- ber , Finow , having a mind to go to the island of Whiha , for the sake of the ...
... lest he should be injured by the wantonness or malice of the lower orders , who took every opportu- . nity of insulting him . On the 16th of Decem- ber , Finow , having a mind to go to the island of Whiha , for the sake of the ...
Side 65
... lest a ship should arrive , and learning from them the fate of the Port au Prince , take an ample revenge for the injury done their countrymen : but Finow , for- tunately , was not of this opinion ; he conceived that white people were ...
... lest a ship should arrive , and learning from them the fate of the Port au Prince , take an ample revenge for the injury done their countrymen : but Finow , for- tunately , was not of this opinion ; he conceived that white people were ...
Side 82
... lest too speedy a conquest might deprive him of the opportunity of dying a war- rior's death , he rushed with an exulting spirit into the thickest of the battle , and fell , pierced with spears , beneath the clubs of his adver- saries ...
... lest too speedy a conquest might deprive him of the opportunity of dying a war- rior's death , he rushed with an exulting spirit into the thickest of the battle , and fell , pierced with spears , beneath the clubs of his adver- saries ...
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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