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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
When the service was over , the king once more rose and said ,. tendency as yet
to paralyse the efforts which the natives are so laudably making to render
themselves worthy of the support and confidence of enlightened Christians and
distant ...
When the service was over , the king once more rose and said ,. tendency as yet
to paralyse the efforts which the natives are so laudably making to render
themselves worthy of the support and confidence of enlightened Christians and
distant ...
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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
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 |