Polynesia: or an historical account of the principal Islands in the South-Sea, including New Zealand: With a Map and VignetteOliver & Boyd, 1842 |
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Side 5
... life . A variety of opinion continues to prevail as to the effects produced by the labours of the missionary . With- out presuming to determine the several points at issue on dogmatical grounds , the author has supplied ample materials.
... life . A variety of opinion continues to prevail as to the effects produced by the labours of the missionary . With- out presuming to determine the several points at issue on dogmatical grounds , the author has supplied ample materials.
Side 6
With a Map and Vignette Mich Russell. on dogmatical grounds , the author has supplied ample materials for forming a clear judgment , both as to what has been already accomplished , and also in regard to the result which must necessarily ...
With a Map and Vignette Mich Russell. on dogmatical grounds , the author has supplied ample materials for forming a clear judgment , both as to what has been already accomplished , and also in regard to the result which must necessarily ...
Side 19
... by the storm , or rot- ting 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.
... by the storm , or rot- ting 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 22
... ground of distinction in a work the object of which is not to give the physical history of mankind , nor to support any particular theory as to the natural causes of those varieties in colour and conformation which mark the usual ...
... ground of distinction in a work the object of which is not to give the physical history of mankind , nor to support any particular theory as to the natural causes of those varieties in colour and conformation which mark the usual ...
Side 26
... grounds of a new hypothesis , which intimates that they may grow in a manner similar to the common seaweed , and that the insects found on them are analogous to those which take up their abode on trees and herbs ; a con- clusion to ...
... grounds of a new hypothesis , which intimates that they may grow in a manner similar to the common seaweed , and that the insects found on them are analogous to those which take up their abode on trees and herbs ; a con- clusion to ...
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