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It is still a question whether the polypes originate the stoney bodies they inhabit ,
or whether they find them prepared for their occupation by the hand of nature .
Forster , whose experience gives some weight to his opinions on this subject ,
was ...
It is still a question whether the polypes originate the stoney bodies they inhabit ,
or whether they find them prepared for their occupation by the hand of nature .
Forster , whose experience gives some weight to his opinions on this subject ,
was ...
Side 59
... each chieftain retired to his own district , summoned his retainers , put arms
into their hands , and prepared to lead them ... after the manner of the ancient
Celts , carried in his hand an emblematical proclamation , to which every loyal
subject ...
... each chieftain retired to his own district , summoned his retainers , put arms
into their hands , and prepared to lead them ... after the manner of the ancient
Celts , carried in his hand an emblematical proclamation , to which every loyal
subject ...
Side 61
It generally happened that some one of the chiefs had an individual on his
grounds whom he was not unwilling to devote to the horrid purpose in view .
When , therefore , the request was announced , he notified by a motion of the
hand or ...
It generally happened that some one of the chiefs had an individual on his
grounds whom he was not unwilling to devote to the horrid purpose in view .
When , therefore , the request was announced , he notified by a motion of the
hand or ...
Side 128
The mind must be roused and alarmed by revelations which respect the eternal
state of man ; the savage must be made to feel that the eye of heaven is upon him
; and that there is a powerful hand ever stretched out to punish or to protect .
The mind must be roused and alarmed by revelations which respect the eternal
state of man ; the savage must be made to feel that the eye of heaven is upon him
; and that there is a powerful hand ever stretched out to punish or to protect .
Side 395
Barbarism has indeed walked hand in hand with civilisation ; and the purity *
Beechey ' s Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific , vol . i . p . 269 . of the new faith
has been occasionally stained by the PAST AND PRESENT CONDITION OF ...
Barbarism has indeed walked hand in hand with civilisation ; and the purity *
Beechey ' s Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific , vol . i . p . 269 . of the new faith
has been occasionally stained by the PAST AND PRESENT CONDITION OF ...
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afterwards already appeared arrived arts attended authority body called Captain carried character chiefs christian civilized cloth communicated considerable continued Cook death desire direction discovered divine doubt effect English established European extend faith favourable followed give gospel ground habits hand human hundred important improvement individuals influence inhabitants instruction interesting islands king knowledge known labours land language less live manner means mentioned miles mind mission missionaries natives nature Navigators object observed occasion once origin Otaheite Pacific period persons Polynesian possession present principles produced reason received reference regard religion remain remarks residence respect Sandwich Sandwich Islands savage seemed ship shore side similar Society soon South Sea spirit success supplied teachers thing thousand tion tribes usually vessel visited Voyage whole worship Zealand
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| 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 |