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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... 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 . " Preface to Humboldt's Personal Narrative . IN TWO VOLUMES ...
... 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 . " Preface to Humboldt's Personal Narrative . IN TWO VOLUMES ...
Side iii
... MANNERS , 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 ...
... MANNERS , 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 ...
Side x
... manner , the situation of public affairs : and that this portion of the work may be better understood , a comparison is drawn between the state of these islands when Mr. Mariner first arrived there , and that in which Captain Cook had ...
... manner , the situation of public affairs : and that this portion of the work may be better understood , a comparison is drawn between the state of these islands when Mr. Mariner first arrived there , and that in which Captain Cook had ...
Side xiii
... manners , cus- toms , and sentiments of any portion of the human species , cannot but be considered , in these enlightened days , at least a lauda- ble undertaking ; but to bestow much time and pains INTRODUCTION . xiii.
... manners , cus- toms , and sentiments of any portion of the human species , cannot but be considered , in these enlightened days , at least a lauda- ble undertaking ; but to bestow much time and pains INTRODUCTION . xiii.
Side xvi
... manner is certainly to speak to them in their own language * ; * The king and several other chiefs at the Tonga islands appeared quite surprised when Mr. Mariner informed them * --and to construct a dictionary and gram- mar of xvi ...
... manner is certainly to speak to them in their own language * ; * The king and several other chiefs at the Tonga islands appeared quite surprised when Mr. Mariner informed them * --and to construct a dictionary and gram- mar of xvi ...
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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