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... the physical cause is once ascertained , there cannot be any doubt that much practical benefit would result from anticipating its effects , even in cases where there is no other light to direct the judgment . Among the thousands ...
... the physical cause is once ascertained , there cannot be any doubt that much practical benefit would result from anticipating its effects , even in cases where there is no other light to direct the judgment . Among the thousands ...
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... reach the American continent , it is almost certain , that out of a thousand sailing from Chili , not one would discover that diminutive spot in the midst of the waves . * On the other hand , the Malays have long been distinguished ...
... reach the American continent , it is almost certain , that out of a thousand sailing from Chili , not one would discover that diminutive spot in the midst of the waves . * On the other hand , the Malays have long been distinguished ...
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The chewing of betel , too , has been detected many thousands of miles distant from India ; a country where both the root and the habit of using it are thought to have originated . But such coincidences , though corroborative of an ...
The chewing of betel , too , has been detected many thousands of miles distant from India ; a country where both the root and the habit of using it are thought to have originated . But such coincidences , though corroborative of an ...
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That seed became an egg bright as gold , blazing like the luminary with a thousand beams , and in that egg he was himself born , in the form of Brahma , the great forefather of all spirits . The waters were called nara , because they ...
That seed became an egg bright as gold , blazing like the luminary with a thousand beams , and in that egg he was himself born , in the form of Brahma , the great forefather of all spirits . The waters were called nara , because they ...
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water , though it rose every where around to the height of several thousand feet . Their belief in the Deluge , though accompanied with some difficulties of a physical nature , remains unshaken ; and , in support of it , they allude to ...
water , though it rose every where around to the height of several thousand feet . Their belief in the Deluge , though accompanied with some difficulties of a physical nature , remains unshaken ; and , in support of it , they allude to ...
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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 |