Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1842 - 440 sider |
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Side 11
... 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 of Missionaries - Different Views as to the Means of ...
... 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 of Missionaries - Different Views as to the Means of ...
Side 18
... savage has been seen to rise , as it were by a single effort , from the lowest condition in which human nature is ever found , to the erect posture of a civilized being ; from the wor- ship of the most contemptible idols to a veneration ...
... savage has been seen to rise , as it were by a single effort , from the lowest condition in which human nature is ever found , to the erect posture of a civilized being ; from the wor- ship of the most contemptible idols to a veneration ...
Side 28
... savage and romantic appearance of the rocks , their broken , abrupt , and irregular forms , also indicate that at some remote era they have been sub- jected 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 sub- jected to disruption by the power of some mighty agent affecting their interior . The ...
Side 61
... savage triumph , to the marai , where it was offered to the gods . This inhuman practice was rendered still more dreadful by a circum- stance , which , probably intended to prevent revenge on the part of the survivors , occasioned the ...
... savage triumph , to the marai , where it was offered to the gods . This inhuman practice was rendered still more dreadful by a circum- stance , which , probably intended to prevent revenge on the part of the survivors , occasioned the ...
Side 62
... 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 fix their * Williams ...
... 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 fix their * Williams ...
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afterwards appear Archipelago areois arts attended authority Bay of Islands brethren canoes Captain Cook ceremonies chiefs christian church civilisation civilized cloth coast colony commander coral death desire discovered divine Eimeo Ellis English Erromango established European faith favourable Fijee Georgian group gods gospel habits heathen hence human hundred idolatry idols improvement inhabitants instruction intercourse Isles king knowledge labours land language less Lond Lord Byron manifest manner means ment miles mind mission Mitiaro murder nation natives nature Navigators object observed occasion ocean origin Otaheitan Otaheite Pacific Pacific Ocean period persons Pitcairn's Island Polynesian Pomare Port Jackson possession prayer present principles Raiatea Rarotonga received regard religion religious remarks residence respect sacred Sandwich Islands savage ship shore Society Islands soon South Sea spirit station superstition supplied teachers thousand tion Tonga tribes vessel visited Voyage whole worship Zealand