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Side 11
Motives to Discovery - Exertions of Missionaries — Savage Life never spontaneously improved — Proceedings of Lieutenant Bligh at Otaheite -- The Failure of Spanish Priests — Origin of Missionary Society - Sailing of the Duff - Landing ...
Motives to Discovery - Exertions of Missionaries — Savage Life never spontaneously improved — Proceedings of Lieutenant Bligh at Otaheite -- The Failure of Spanish Priests — Origin of Missionary Society - Sailing of the Duff - Landing ...
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... has followed the labours of missionary zeal , is not less gratifying as a reward for past exertions than when regarded as an encouragement to future endeavIn those remote establishments the savage has been seen to rise , as it were ...
... has followed the labours of missionary zeal , is not less gratifying as a reward for past exertions than when regarded as an encouragement to future endeavIn those remote establishments the savage has been seen to rise , as it were ...
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The savage and romantic appearance of the rocks , their broken , abrupt , and irregular forms , also indicate that at some remote era they have been subjected to disruption by the power of some mighty agent affecting their interior .
The savage and romantic appearance of the rocks , their broken , abrupt , and irregular forms , also indicate that at some remote era they have been subjected to disruption by the power of some mighty agent affecting their interior .
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The body was then carried , amidst songs and shouts of savage triumph , to the marai , where it was offered to the gods . This inhuman practice was rendered still more dreadful by a circumstance , which , probably intended to prevent ...
The body was then carried , amidst songs and shouts of savage triumph , to the marai , where it was offered to the gods . This inhuman practice was rendered still more dreadful by a circumstance , which , probably intended to prevent ...
Side 62
But as the imagination of a savage does not long remain satisfied with ideal forms , the inhabitants of all the Polynesian groups were found to have adopted the usual expedient of supplying themselves with an object on which they might ...
But as the imagination of a savage does not long remain satisfied with ideal forms , the inhabitants of all the Polynesian groups were found to have adopted the usual expedient of supplying themselves with an object on which they might ...
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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 |