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... place with others fitted to give nourishment to himself and to the domestic animals whose service he employs . ... he relieves the air from putrefying effluvia ; by opening a passage for the motionless waters , he gives to them an ...
... place with others fitted to give nourishment to himself and to the domestic animals whose service he employs . ... he relieves the air from putrefying effluvia ; by opening a passage for the motionless waters , he gives to them an ...
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Without culture the richest soil and the highest mental endowment are equally unprofitable ; the one produces poisonous plants to deform the landscape and cover it with the shadow of death ; the other gives power to the worst passions ...
Without culture the richest soil and the highest mental endowment are equally unprofitable ; the one produces poisonous plants to deform the landscape and cover it with the shadow of death ; the other gives power to the worst passions ...
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But we do not consider the complexion of the aborigines a sufficient ground of distinction in a work the object of which is not to give the physical history of mankind , nor to support any particular theory as to the natural causes of ...
But we do not consider the complexion of the aborigines a sufficient ground of distinction in a work the object of which is not to give the physical history of mankind , nor to support any particular theory as to the natural causes of ...
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The fourth great chain takes its commencement at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands , and in its progress gives rise to Sumatra , Java , Timor , and others of less magnitude . It runs in the form of a bow from north - west to southeast ...
The fourth great chain takes its commencement at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands , and in its progress gives rise to Sumatra , Java , Timor , and others of less magnitude . It runs in the form of a bow from north - west to southeast ...
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Forster , whose experience gives some weight to his opinions on this subject , was inclined to believe that the little creatures actually form the matter which composes the coral masses , and consequently that , by their means ...
Forster , whose experience gives some weight to his opinions on this subject , was inclined to believe that the little creatures actually form the matter which composes the coral masses , and consequently that , by their means ...
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already American appear arrived arts attended authority body called Captain carried cause character chiefs christian civilized communicated considerable continued Cook death desire direction discovered doubt effect English established European extend faith favourable feeling followed give gospel ground habits hand human hundred important improvement increase individuals influence inhabitants instruction interesting islands king knowledge known labours land language less live manner means mentioned mind mission missionaries natives nature Navigators nearly object observed occasion once origin Otaheite Pacific period persons Polynesian possession present principles produced reason received reference regard religion remarks residence respect Sandwich Sandwich Islands savage seemed ship shore similar Society soon South Sea spirit success supplied taken teachers thing thousand tion tribes vessel visited Voyage whole worship Zealand
Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New Zealand Bind 33 af Edinburgh cabinet library |
| Forfatter | Michael Russell |
| Udgave | 5 |
| Udgiver | Oliver & Boyd, 1842 |
| Oprindeligt fra | Harvard University |
| Digitaliseret | 14. mar 2008 |
| Længde | 440 sider |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |