Polynesia: A History of the South Sea Islands, Including New Zealand ; with Narrative of the Introduction of Christianity, & CT. Nelson, 1852 - 486 sider |
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... officer resident some years in that part of the globe , and which is repeatedly quoted under the title of a Manuscript Journal or Diary . The details are the more interesting that they appear not to have been intended for the press ...
... officer resident some years in that part of the globe , and which is repeatedly quoted under the title of a Manuscript Journal or Diary . The details are the more interesting that they appear not to have been intended for the press ...
Side 11
... Officer - The Duff touches at the Marquesas and lands two Missionaries - Despondency of one of them -- Mission renewed and abandoned - Voyage of the Olive Branch- Missionaries from the Sandwich Islands - Notice by Mr Ben- nett of the ...
... Officer - The Duff touches at the Marquesas and lands two Missionaries - Despondency of one of them -- Mission renewed and abandoned - Voyage of the Olive Branch- Missionaries from the Sandwich Islands - Notice by Mr Ben- nett of the ...
Side 15
... Officers - Extensive Triumph of Protestant Christianity among the Feejeeans - Intermeddlings of Popery with it - Ex- pulsion of Christian Teachers from Tanna in the New Hedrides -Aggressions by the Crews of Merchant Ships on New Hebri ...
... Officers - Extensive Triumph of Protestant Christianity among the Feejeeans - Intermeddlings of Popery with it - Ex- pulsion of Christian Teachers from Tanna in the New Hedrides -Aggressions by the Crews of Merchant Ships on New Hebri ...
Side 96
... officers ; and the occupation of Pitcairn Island by some of the deserters . At the close of 1787 , this vessel sailed from Portsmouth , and on the 25th October , in the follow- ing year , arrived at Otaheite . The chief ruler of the dis ...
... officers ; and the occupation of Pitcairn Island by some of the deserters . At the close of 1787 , this vessel sailed from Portsmouth , and on the 25th October , in the follow- ing year , arrived at Otaheite . The chief ruler of the dis ...
Side 117
... officers , and with this view invited them to an entertainment by torch - light . Even on the shore of Otaheite , when Bligh's vessel arrived , the people cut the cables , in order that , being drifted on the beach , she might fall into ...
... officers , and with this view invited them to an entertainment by torch - light . Even on the shore of Otaheite , when Bligh's vessel arrived , the people cut the cables , in order that , being drifted on the beach , she might fall into ...
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afterwards appeared Archipelago areois aries arrived brethren canoes Captain Cook ceremonies CHAP chiefs christian christian teachers church civilisation civilized Cloth extra Cloth gilt coast cocoa-nut colony converts coral crew death desire divine Eimeo Ellis Erromanga European favourable feet Fijee Foolscap 8vo French Georgian group gilt leaves gospel ground habits heathen Hebrides human hundred idolatry idols influence inhabitants instruction intercourse Isles king knowledge labours land less Lond Mangaia manner means ment miles mind mission missionaries Mitiaro Morocco murder natives Navigators occasion Otaheite Pacific persons Pitcairn's Island Polynesian Pomare Pomare II Port Jackson possession prayer present priests principal Raiatea Raraka Rarotonga received reef religion religious remarks residence respect Royal 32mo Sandwich Islands savage ship shore sionary Society Islands soon South Sea spirit station superstition Tahiti tion Tonga trees tribes vessel visited Voyage whole worship Zealand
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Side 474 - Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. 2 for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Side 431 - And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
Side 474 - Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
Side 338 - I was now prompted, by my desire to avoid further hostilities, to get some of them on board, as the only method left of convincing them that we intended them no harm, and had it in our power to contribute to their gratification and convenience.
Side 64 - He, having willed to produce various beings from his own divine substance, first with a thought created the waters, and placed in them a productive seed : that seed became an egg bright as gold, blazing like the luminary with a thousand beams ; and in that egg he was born himself, in the form of Brahma, the great forefather of all spirits.
Side 98 - for twenty-three weeks we had been treated with the utmost affection and regard, and which seemed to increase in proportion to our stay. That we were not insensible to their kindness, the events which followed more than sufficiently prove ; for to the friendly and endearing behaviour of these people, may be ascribed the motives for that •event which effected the ruin of an expedition, that there was every reason to hope would have been completed in the most fortunate manner.
Side 227 - He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire...
Side 275 - at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah, and see how superior they are to us in every respect. Their ships are like floating houses, so that they can traverse the tempest-driven ocean for months with perfect safety, whereas, if a breeze blow upon our canoes, they are in an instant upset, and we sprawling in the sea.
Side 474 - Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shall 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 117 - Mission-house, a distance of half a mile ; and not a single article of clothing was taken from any man belonging to the ship, though they had it in their...