An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific OceanC. Ewer, 1820 - 461 sider |
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Side xvii
... considerable : besides the common acquisitions of reading , writing , and arithmetic , he had made much progress in his knowledge of history , geography , and the French language , and also some advance in the first rudiments of the ...
... considerable : besides the common acquisitions of reading , writing , and arithmetic , he had made much progress in his knowledge of history , geography , and the French language , and also some advance in the first rudiments of the ...
Side xix
... considerable change in his personal character and external habits , insomuch that I have heard it observed by those of his friends who knew him formerly , that they could scarcely recognise him to be the same person . His love of ...
... considerable change in his personal character and external habits , insomuch that I have heard it observed by those of his friends who knew him formerly , that they could scarcely recognise him to be the same person . His love of ...
Side xx
... considerable ease and fluency , although he had scarcely seen a French book , or spoken French since he had left school , a period of nearly eight years , during four of which he had resided among an uncivilized people , and had been ...
... considerable ease and fluency , although he had scarcely seen a French book , or spoken French since he had left school , a period of nearly eight years , during four of which he had resided among an uncivilized people , and had been ...
Side 38
... considerable number of troops , it was not deemed advisable to at- tempt taking it . Three armed boats were , however , sent on shore to forage for fresh stock : they returned in four hours with thirty live goats . On Monday , the 5th ...
... considerable number of troops , it was not deemed advisable to at- tempt taking it . Three armed boats were , however , sent on shore to forage for fresh stock : they returned in four hours with thirty live goats . On Monday , the 5th ...
Side 40
... considerable damage . The brig was still at anchor , with her sails unbent and rudder unshipped . At two o'clock a firing was again commenced , and renewed at intervals , during which time the prizes came to an anchor . Another letter ...
... considerable damage . The brig was still at anchor , with her sails unbent and rudder unshipped . At two o'clock a firing was again commenced , and renewed at intervals , during which time the prizes came to an anchor . Another letter ...
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A'lo afterwards appear arms arrived body Bolotoo canoe Captain Captain Cook carronades ceremony chiefs and matabooles circumstance club cocoa-nut consequence considered Cook Cow Mooala custom dance death endeavour enemy father feet Felletoa female Fiji islands Finow fono fortress four fytoca garrison gnatoo gods grave ground Hala Api Api Hamoa hand Hapai islands happened head Hihifo hogs honour hotooas immediately island of Tonga killed king malái Mariner Mariner's mats means mind mooas morning natives Neafoo night Nioo occasion Oomoo orders Papalangi performed person piece plantains plantation Port au Prince Port Jackson present priest rank remain respect sail Sandwich islands sent sentiments ship shore side Society islands sometimes soon spears superior supposed taboo Talo Tangaloa Tarky thing tion Tonga islands Toobó Nuha Toobo Toa Toogoo Ahoo Tooi Tooitonga Vavaoo Veachi warriors whilst women wound yams young chief