Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1842 - 440 sider |
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Side 13
... attend Church - Expedient adopted by the Preachers --Favourable Contrast as to Rarotonga - Continued Progress of Knowledge and Civilisation - Case of a Chief - Number of Persons in Congregations and Schools - Religion must pre- cede all ...
... attend Church - Expedient adopted by the Preachers --Favourable Contrast as to Rarotonga - Continued Progress of Knowledge and Civilisation - Case of a Chief - Number of Persons in Congregations and Schools - Religion must pre- cede all ...
Side 22
... attended the progress of discovery , as well as those which have more recently given an interest to the introduction of religious knowledge and civilisation , we assume a wider principle as the basis of our narrative ; restricting it ...
... attended the progress of discovery , as well as those which have more recently given an interest to the introduction of religious knowledge and civilisation , we assume a wider principle as the basis of our narrative ; restricting it ...
Side 32
... attended the pas- sage of the first inhabitants from the American continent to the most eastern of the islands in the Pacific , these , it is asserted , are not greater than would necessarily oppose the migration of an equally rude ...
... attended the pas- sage of the first inhabitants from the American continent to the most eastern of the islands in the Pacific , these , it is asserted , are not greater than would necessarily oppose the migration of an equally rude ...
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... attended , and on the day preceding the nuptials , their exhibitions were seen to commence . Next morning , an altar was erected in the house of the bride's parents , on which were placed the relics of her ancestors , including ...
... attended , and on the day preceding the nuptials , their exhibitions were seen to commence . Next morning , an altar was erected in the house of the bride's parents , on which were placed the relics of her ancestors , including ...
Side 87
... attended with a variety of ceremonies , and followed by a protracted noviciate ; there being superior distinctions which could not be attained until after a laborious attention to the mysteries and rites of the bro- therhood . : It was ...
... attended with a variety of ceremonies , and followed by a protracted noviciate ; there being superior distinctions which could not be attained until after a laborious attention to the mysteries and rites of the bro- therhood . : It was ...
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afterwards appear Archipelago areois arts attended authority Bay of Islands brethren canoes Captain Cook ceremonies chiefs christian church civilisation civilized cloth coast colony commander coral death desire discovered divine Eimeo Ellis English Erromango established European faith favourable Fijee Georgian group gods gospel habits heathen hence human hundred idolatry idols improvement inhabitants instruction intercourse Isles king knowledge labours land language less Lond Lord Byron manifest manner means ment miles mind mission Mitiaro murder nation natives nature Navigators object observed occasion ocean origin Otaheitan Otaheite Pacific Pacific Ocean period persons Pitcairn's Island Polynesian Pomare Port Jackson possession prayer present principles Raiatea Rarotonga received regard 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