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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Side 6
... reason it has been resolved to defer all details on these various heads till a future occasion , when , in a separate work on Australasia , will be given , by a distinguished naturalist , a complete and systematic view of the sub- ject ...
... reason it has been resolved to defer all details on these various heads till a future occasion , when , in a separate work on Australasia , will be given , by a distinguished naturalist , a complete and systematic view of the sub- ject ...
Side 30
... reason to doubt whether the process be quite so rapid as these remarks might seem to establish . The period of observation has not yet been sufficiently extended to afford ground for any conclusions as to the rate or the precise mode in ...
... reason to doubt whether the process be quite so rapid as these remarks might seem to establish . The period of observation has not yet been sufficiently extended to afford ground for any conclusions as to the rate or the precise mode in ...
Side 32
... Farther Polynesia was first colonized . Evidence of a great antiquity may be adduced in favour of both ; but Mr. Ellis , no mean thesis . judge , is , for various reasons , 32 PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS ,
... Farther Polynesia was first colonized . Evidence of a great antiquity may be adduced in favour of both ; but Mr. Ellis , no mean thesis . judge , is , for various reasons , 32 PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS ,
Side 33
... reasons , disposed to conclude that CHAP . I. the Sandwich Islands were settled before the Society , the Georgian , and the Friendly , on the opposite side of the equator . Their genealogies , he remarks , extend much Ellis's hypo ...
... reasons , disposed to conclude that CHAP . I. the Sandwich Islands were settled before the Society , the Georgian , and the Friendly , on the opposite side of the equator . Their genealogies , he remarks , extend much Ellis's hypo ...
Side 34
... reasons : -First , It implies that the inhabitants of the western coast of America were a maritime community , though , by the very nature of their country , they seem to have been at all times pre- cluded from navigation and commerce ...
... reasons : -First , It implies that the inhabitants of the western coast of America were a maritime community , though , by the very nature of their country , they seem to have been at all times pre- cluded from navigation and commerce ...
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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...