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 viii
... matter , and I urged the necessity of com- mitting the whole to paper while every thing remained fresh in his memory . To facilitate this object , I proposed to under- take the composition and arrangement of the intended work , whilst ...
... matter , and I urged the necessity of com- mitting the whole to paper while every thing remained fresh in his memory . To facilitate this object , I proposed to under- take the composition and arrangement of the intended work , whilst ...
Side ix
... matter has been elicited than would probably have occurred to him through the medium of his own unassisted reflections ; for conversation calls to mind many things that would otherwise have escaped the memory , it constantly de- mands ...
... matter has been elicited than would probably have occurred to him through the medium of his own unassisted reflections ; for conversation calls to mind many things that would otherwise have escaped the memory , it constantly de- mands ...
Side xviii
... matter of the highest import- ance that Mr. Mariner's qualifications as a narrator of what he had seen and heard should be known to the public , in order that a proper judgment may be formed of the degree of credit to be attached to the ...
... matter of the highest import- ance that Mr. Mariner's qualifications as a narrator of what he had seen and heard should be known to the public , in order that a proper judgment may be formed of the degree of credit to be attached to the ...
Side xli
... matter which so young a man has collected and remem- bered . It is now four years since Mr. Mari- ner's arrival from the West Indies ; during which period he has been situated in the counting - house of a respectable merchant in the ...
... matter which so young a man has collected and remem- bered . It is now four years since Mr. Mari- ner's arrival from the West Indies ; during which period he has been situated in the counting - house of a respectable merchant in the ...
Side xlii
... matter ; at one period the grammar of the language , and at another the descriptions of ceremonies , formed the subject of dis- course , indiscriminately , as opportunity offered : consequently , many phrases may have been used which ...
... matter ; at one period the grammar of the language , and at another the descriptions of ceremonies , formed the subject of dis- course , indiscriminately , as opportunity offered : consequently , many phrases may have been used which ...
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