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For this reason it has been resolved to defer all details on these various heads till a future occasion , when , in a separate work on Australasia , will be given , by a distinguished naturalist , a complete and systematic view of the ...
For this reason it has been resolved to defer all details on these various heads till a future occasion , when , in a separate work on Australasia , will be given , by a distinguished naturalist , a complete and systematic view of the ...
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... as we shall afterwards have occasion to observe , it was wont to interfere with the most ordinary transactions of life . ... the priestly class rank so high , that on certain occasions their chief takes precedence of the king .
... as we shall afterwards have occasion to observe , it was wont to interfere with the most ordinary transactions of life . ... the priestly class rank so high , that on certain occasions their chief takes precedence of the king .
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The missionary's own boat was on one occasion driven from Otaheite to Atiu , and on another from Rarotonga to Tongataboo , a distance altogether of 1500 miles . He mentions also , that some natives of Aitutaki had been drifted in a ...
The missionary's own boat was on one occasion driven from Otaheite to Atiu , and on another from Rarotonga to Tongataboo , a distance altogether of 1500 miles . He mentions also , that some natives of Aitutaki had been drifted in a ...
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The sleep of Ruahatoo accords with the slumber of Bramah , which was the occasion of the crime that brought on the Hindoo deluge . The warning to flee and the means of safety resemble a tradition recorded by Kompfer as existing among ...
The sleep of Ruahatoo accords with the slumber of Bramah , which was the occasion of the crime that brought on the Hindoo deluge . The warning to flee and the means of safety resemble a tradition recorded by Kompfer as existing among ...
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On another occasion , one of them expressed a desire to learn what caused the angels in heaven to sin , or Satan to become a wicked spirit . He was told that pride was the cause of his fall , but that revelation was silent as to the ...
On another occasion , one of them expressed a desire to learn what caused the angels in heaven to sin , or Satan to become a wicked spirit . He was told that pride was the cause of his fall , but that revelation was silent as to the ...
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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 |