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 vii
... mind had so accorded itself with the habits and circumstances of the natives , that he evinced no disposition to over- rate or to embellish what to him was nei ther strange nor new . To my inquiries respecting his intentions of ...
... mind had so accorded itself with the habits and circumstances of the natives , that he evinced no disposition to over- rate or to embellish what to him was nei ther strange nor new . To my inquiries respecting his intentions of ...
Side ix
... mind many things that would otherwise have escaped the memory , it constantly de- mands elucidations ; one idea gives birth to another , until the whole subject lies completely unfolded to the mind . In regard to arrangement : in the ...
... mind many things that would otherwise have escaped the memory , it constantly de- mands elucidations ; one idea gives birth to another , until the whole subject lies completely unfolded to the mind . In regard to arrangement : in the ...
Side xvii
... minds very susceptible of the impressions of spoken language , and of the gestures accompanying it , that can readily accomplish this object without the assistance of an interpreter : -and as Mr. Mariner had acquired this under circum ...
... minds very susceptible of the impressions of spoken language , and of the gestures accompanying it , that can readily accomplish this object without the assistance of an interpreter : -and as Mr. Mariner had acquired this under circum ...
Side xxii
... mind very susceptible of exter- nal impressions , disposed to activity and fond of information ; whilst from his ... minds , but which those who are fond of presentiments will readily account for , in their own way . His sports and ...
... mind very susceptible of exter- nal impressions , disposed to activity and fond of information ; whilst from his ... minds , but which those who are fond of presentiments will readily account for , in their own way . His sports and ...
Side xxiv
... mind the original Tonga in which it was spoken . Sometime afterwards I found the first , and was much pleased to discover so lit- tle difference between them , that they appeared almost like copies , which suffi- ciently evinced the ...
... mind the original Tonga in which it was spoken . Sometime afterwards I found the first , and was much pleased to discover so lit- tle difference between them , that they appeared almost like copies , which suffi- ciently evinced the ...
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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