Polynesia: Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 440 sider |
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Side 8
... worship , their notions of a future state , their arts of sorcery and divination , their mode of carrying on war , and , more especially , the atrocities of human sacrifice with which their battles were wont to be preceded and followed ...
... worship , their notions of a future state , their arts of sorcery and divination , their mode of carrying on war , and , more especially , the atrocities of human sacrifice with which their battles were wont to be preceded and followed ...
Side 11
... Worship - Notions of a Future State - Immortality of Animals - Natives possess good Abi- lities - Physical Qualities - Colour - Strength - Marriage Ce- remonies - Polygamy - Sorcery - Divination - Augury - Suf- ferings resulting from ...
... Worship - Notions of a Future State - Immortality of Animals - Natives possess good Abi- lities - Physical Qualities - Colour - Strength - Marriage Ce- remonies - Polygamy - Sorcery - Divination - Augury - Suf- ferings resulting from ...
Side 46
... Worship - Notions of a Future State - Immortality of Animals - Natives possess good Abi- lities - Physical Qualities - Colour - Strength - Marriage Ce- remonies - Polygamy - Sorcery - Divination - Augury — Suf- ferings resulting from ...
... Worship - Notions of a Future State - Immortality of Animals - Natives possess good Abi- lities - Physical Qualities - Colour - Strength - Marriage Ce- remonies - Polygamy - Sorcery - Divination - Augury — Suf- ferings resulting from ...
Side 63
... worship . The idols , we are told , were different in every island , there being no one type or symbol which had secured the approval of the general mind . In some cases there is reason to believe that their no- tions have received a ...
... worship . The idols , we are told , were different in every island , there being no one type or symbol which had secured the approval of the general mind . In some cases there is reason to believe that their no- tions have received a ...
Side 67
... worship with reverential awe ; uncovers when he treads on sacred ground ; and prays with a fervour that would do honour to a better profession . He firmly credits the traditions of his ancestors . None dares dispute the existence of the ...
... worship with reverential awe ; uncovers when he treads on sacred ground ; and prays with a fervour that would do honour to a better profession . He firmly credits the traditions of his ancestors . None dares dispute the existence of the ...
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afterwards appear Archipelago areois attended authority Bay of Islands brethren canoes Captain Cook ceremonies chiefs christian church Church Missionary Society civilisation civilized cloth coast colony commander coral death desire discovered divine doubt Eimeo Ellis English Erromango established European faith favourable Fijee Georgian group gods gospel ground habits heathen hence human hundred idolatry idols improvement influence inhabitants instruction intercourse Isles king knowledge labours land language less Lond Lord Byron manifest manner means ment miles mind mission Missionary Society Mitiaro nation natives Navigators object observed occasion ocean origin Otaheitan Otaheite Pacific Pacific Ocean persons Pitcairn's Island Pomare Port Jackson possession prayer present principles Raiatea Rarotonga received religion religious remarks residence respect sacred Sandwich Islands savage ship shore Society Islands soon South Sea spirit station superstition supplied teachers thousand tion Tonga tribes vessel visited Voyage whole worship Zealand