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Side 7
The details are the more interesting that they appear not to have been intended for the press ; being confined to the casual observations of an intelligent mind , invited to contemplate a new state of things , and under circumstances ...
The details are the more interesting that they appear not to have been intended for the press ; being confined to the casual observations of an intelligent mind , invited to contemplate a new state of things , and under circumstances ...
Side 19
... or rotting on the ground ; the fertile plain is encumbered with noxious weeds , or soaked with stagnant water ; and every thing that seems to grow is suffocated by an AND SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THEIR INHABITANTS . 19.
... or rotting on the ground ; the fertile plain is encumbered with noxious weeds , or soaked with stagnant water ; and every thing that seems to grow is suffocated by an AND SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THEIR INHABITANTS . 19.
Side 20
every thing that seems to grow is suffocated by an exuberant vegetation . But as soon as the colonist from an enlightened country appears in such desolate regions , he eradicates the useless plants , and supplies their place with others ...
every thing that seems to grow is suffocated by an exuberant vegetation . But as soon as the colonist from an enlightened country appears in such desolate regions , he eradicates the useless plants , and supplies their place with others ...
Side 35
This restriction , it is well known , extends to persons , places , and things ; and whatever is subjected to its operation acquires for the time a character of sacredness which cannot be neglected without incurring the severest penalty ...
This restriction , it is well known , extends to persons , places , and things ; and whatever is subjected to its operation acquires for the time a character of sacredness which cannot be neglected without incurring the severest penalty ...
Side 47
... they set more value on a thing they had succeeded in stealing , though of no utility , than upon a useful article if obtained as a gift , or in the ordinary process of barter . Their worst actions , too , like those of uneducated ...
... they set more value on a thing they had succeeded in stealing , though of no utility , than upon a useful article if obtained as a gift , or in the ordinary process of barter . Their worst actions , too , like those of uneducated ...
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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
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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 |