An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean: With an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of Their Language, Bind 2author, and sold, 1817 |
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... supposed to be the divine . authority of Tooitonga ' ; but that it was , on the contrary , a great and useless expense to the people . This measure , as may be imagined , did not prove very objectionable to the wishes of the multitude ...
... supposed to be the divine . authority of Tooitonga ' ; but that it was , on the contrary , a great and useless expense to the people . This measure , as may be imagined , did not prove very objectionable to the wishes of the multitude ...
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... supposed , with an hostile intent , as she had a quantity of arms on board , and many men . In conse- quence of this , the young warriors requested of Finow leave to proceed in a number of small canoes ( as the wind was unfavourable for ...
... supposed , with an hostile intent , as she had a quantity of arms on board , and many men . In conse- quence of this , the young warriors requested of Finow leave to proceed in a number of small canoes ( as the wind was unfavourable for ...
Side 15
... supposed Finow's men would land : they were right in their con- jecture , and , as soon as Finow's warriors were landed , the enemy rushed upon them with their usual yell , and occasioned much disorder and alarm , but soon rallying ...
... supposed Finow's men would land : they were right in their con- jecture , and , as soon as Finow's warriors were landed , the enemy rushed upon them with their usual yell , and occasioned much disorder and alarm , but soon rallying ...
Side 40
... supposed him to be asleep , he would lay his hand gently upon his forehead and say , " Poor papalangi ! what a distance his country " is off ! Very likely his father and mother are " now talking about him , and comforting them- " selves ...
... supposed him to be asleep , he would lay his hand gently upon his forehead and say , " Poor papalangi ! what a distance his country " is off ! Very likely his father and mother are " now talking about him , and comforting them- " selves ...
Side 46
... supposed might be the ideas and inventions of a God , that he could not help believing it , although it was not quite clear to his under- standing . What he seemed least to compre- hend was how it happened that the antipodes did not ...
... supposed might be the ideas and inventions of a God , that he could not help believing it , although it was not quite clear to his under- standing . What he seemed least to compre- hend was how it happened that the antipodes did not ...
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A'lo a'loo A'nga aloo angi body Bolotoo called canoe captain cava ceremony chief clubs Co ho cocoa-nut Cook dance expressed female Fiji islands Finow fonnoo'a Fu'cca Fúcca géhe giate give gnatoo gods goo'a gooa ground Hala Api Api Hamoa hand Hapai islands hotooa kind king la'hi lahi land lillé Lo'to loto ma'te Ma'tta manatoo Mariner matabooles mats Mátta Méa means mind mo'he mohe moo'a Moo'i mooas natives noble nofo noun o'fa obito occasion ongofooloo oo'a oola Papalangi performed person piece plural number Port au Prince present priest pronoun rank respect side spear superior ta'ha Ta'i táha Tái Talo tanga'ta Tangaloa tangáta tattow tense Téoo tété thing tion Tonga islands Tonga language too'a tooas Toobo toofoonga Toogoo Tooitonga tree Valoo Vavaoo Veachi verb Véte whilst women word wound yams
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Side 225 - Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am the LORD.
Side 311 - ... sort ; to counteract which, a person kept striking quickly, and with two sticks, a piece of the same substance, split, and laid along the ground, and, by that means, furnishing a tone as acute as those produced by the others were grave. The rest of the band, as well as those who performed upon the bamboos, sung a...
Side 180 - ... authority in all domestic matters, and no woman entertains the least idea of rebelling against that authority ; and if she should, even her own relations would not take her part, unless the conduct of her husband were undoubtedly cruel. That the men are also capable of much paternal affection, Mr.
Side 138 - If an animal or a plant die, its soul immediately goes to Bolotoo; if a stone or any other substance is broken, immortality is equally its reward; nay, artificial bodies have equal good luck with men, and hogs, and yams. If an axe or a chisel is worn out or broken up, away flies its soul for the service of the gods.
Side 327 - ... antagonist, or else have done so before they enter. This, I imagine, they do, to prevent a dislocation of the hand or fingers. Their blows are directed chiefly to the head ; but sometimes to the sides ; and are dealt out with great activity. They shift sides, and box equally well with both hands. But one of their favourite and most dexterous blows, is, to turn round on their heel, just as they have struck their antagonist, and to give him another very smart one with the other hand backward. The...
Side 312 - ... their fingers, repeating some words in conjunction with the chorus. Toward the end, as the quickness of the music increased, their gestures and attitudes were varied with wonderful vigour and dexterity ; and some of their motions, perhaps, would, with us, be reckoned rather indecent.
Side 308 - ... other females from entering the lists. They seemed to be girls of spirit, and would certainly have given each other a good drubbing, if two old women had not interposed to part them. All these combats were exhibited in the midst of at least three thousand people; and were conducted with the greatest good humour on all sides, though some of the champions, women as well as men, received blows, which, doubtless, they must have felt for some time after.
Side 321 - ... before it. The back rank closed before the front one, and that again resumed its place, as in the two former dances; but then they began again, formed a triple row, divided, retreated to each end of the area, and left the greatest part of the ground clear. At this instant two men entered very hastily, and exercised the clubs which they use in battle.
Side 265 - ... unusual in this man's particular case : his leg was not bitten off, but the flesh was almost completely torn away from about five inches below the knee down to the foot, leaving the tibia and fibula greatly exposed, and the foot much mangled : he was one of those who chose to perform his own operations ; with persevering industry, therefore, he sawed nearly through the two bones with a shell, renewing his tedious and painful task every day till he had nearly accomplished it, and then completed...
Side 332 - Cook saw (the mie low folia) is perhaps the only one which can be considered of Tonga invention, and is the only one accompanied throughout with Tonga songs...