 | William Mariner - 1817 - 632 sider
...virtue will not be much exalted, when, on a strict examination of their language, we discover no words essentially expressive of some of the higher qualities...nor of the contrary, as vice, injustice, cruelty, Stc. They have indeed expressions for these ideas, but they are equally applicable to other things.... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1827 - 722 sider
...notions of moral virtue be exalted, when, on a strict examination of their language, we discover no words essentially expressive of some of the higher qualities...loto lille, a man with a good mind ; but the word lille, good (unlike our word virtuous), is equally applicable to an axe, canoe, or any thing else.... | |
 | Adolf Bastian - 1871 - 642 sider
...much more condition of other nations (Boyd) 1835. it) To express a virtuous (or good) man, the Tongans would say: tangata lille, a good man, or tangata loto lille, a man with a good mind, but the word lille, good (not Tirtuoua) is equally applicable to an axe, canoe, or anything eise, again they have... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1875 - 646 sider
...pedition, vol. ip 06. vi. p. 203. a Travels in Kouth Africa, p. C24. « Tonga Islands, vol. ii. p. 147. ' They have, indeed, expressions for these ideas, but...' they are equally applicable to other things. To ex' press a virtuous or good man, they would say ' " tangata lille"," a good man, or " tangata loto... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1875 - 646 sider
...pedition, vol. ip 66. vi. p. 203. ' Travels in South Africa, p. 624. * Tonga Islands, vol. ii. p. 147. ' They have, indeed, expressions for these ideas, but...' they are equally applicable to other things. To ex' press a virtuous or good man, they would say ' " tangata lille"," a good man, or " tangata loto... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1875 - 630 sider
...advances, yet Mariner 4 states that, ' on a strict examination of their language, we discover ' no words essentially expressive of some of the higher ' qualities of human merit: as virtue, justice, humanity; 4 nor of the contrary, as vice, injustice, cruelty, &c.; 1 R. and J. Lander's Niger Ex- ' Gerlaud.... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1882 - 614 sider
...advances, yet Mariner4 states that, ' on a strict examination of their language, we discover ' no words essentially expressive of some of the higher ' qualities...They have, indeed, expressions for these ideas, but 1 R. and J. Lander's Niger Ex- * Travels in South Africa, p. 024. pedition, vol. ip 00. Bosman, he.... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1882 - 728 sider
...they are equally applicable to other things. To ex' press a virtuous or good man, they would say 1 " tangata lille," a good man, or " tangata loto lille"," a ' man with a good mind ; but the word lille", good (un' like our virtuous) is equally applicable to an axe, ' canoe, or anything else ; again,... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1889 - 762 sider
...ii. p. 147. RATHER THAN ON MORALITY 405 ' they are equally applicable to other things. To ex' press a virtuous or good man, they would say ' " tangata lille," a good man, or " tangata loto 1U16," a ' man with a good mind ; but the word lille', good (un' like our virtuous), is equally applicable... | |
 | Edward Westermarck - 1906 - 756 sider
...s On a strict examination of the language of the Tonga Islanders, Mariner could discover "no words essentially expressive of some of the higher qualities...&c. They have indeed expressions for these ideas," he adds, but these expressions " are equally applicable to other things. To express a virtuous or good... | |
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Neither will our opinion of their notions of moral virtue be exalted, when, on a strict examination of their language, we discover no words essentially expressive of some of the higher qualities of human merit, as virtue, justice, humanity ; nor of the... 
