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and without any respect to the spiritual welfare of a large portion of the human
race , it may be asserted , that the labours of those zealous men must prove at
once extremely interesting and important to the philosopher , the scholar , and
the ...
and without any respect to the spiritual welfare of a large portion of the human
race , it may be asserted , that the labours of those zealous men must prove at
once extremely interesting and important to the philosopher , the scholar , and
the ...
Side 150
Being asked on one occasion if he understood what a preacher had stated , he
replied , “ there were no such things before in Otaheite ; and they were not to be
learned at once , but that he would wait the coming of the god . ” Shortly before
his ...
Being asked on one occasion if he understood what a preacher had stated , he
replied , “ there were no such things before in Otaheite ; and they were not to be
learned at once , but that he would wait the coming of the god . ” Shortly before
his ...
Side 264
Should the gospel be finally established , peace will soon extend its benign
influence from shore to shore ; the population will rapidly increase ; and the fertile
fields , now lying waste , will once more display abundant crops to the eyes of an
...
Should the gospel be finally established , peace will soon extend its benign
influence from shore to shore ; the population will rapidly increase ; and the fertile
fields , now lying waste , will once more display abundant crops to the eyes of an
...
Side 317
Like a good - natured teacher , he gives his pupil credit for greater progress than
he has really made , thereby gratifying at once a certain vanity in himself , and in
the other a love of praise , which is not a stranger even to the least cultivated ...
Like a good - natured teacher , he gives his pupil credit for greater progress than
he has really made , thereby gratifying at once a certain vanity in himself , and in
the other a love of praise , which is not a stranger even to the least cultivated ...
Side 331
So great was the friendship and correctness of deportment among the chief
islanders that I could scarcely suppose myself to be among a people once , and
so recently , heathen . Variance of language and complexion alone reminded me
of it .
So great was the friendship and correctness of deportment among the chief
islanders that I could scarcely suppose myself to be among a people once , and
so recently , heathen . Variance of language and complexion alone reminded me
of it .
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already American appear arrived arts attended authority body called Captain carried 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 |