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 63
... say , that he having willed to produce various beings from his own divine * Polynesian Researches , vol . i . p . 110. Mr Ellis , who col- lected with great care the floating notions of the people , is dis- posed to think that Ivi or ...
... say , that he having willed to produce various beings from his own divine * Polynesian Researches , vol . i . p . 110. Mr Ellis , who col- lected with great care the floating notions of the people , is dis- posed to think that Ivi or ...
Side 71
... of vegetables . " Go , my friend , " says the chief mourner , " when you were alive I treated you with kindness , and when you were ill I did my best to CHAP . II . restore you to health ; and WHEN FIRST DISCOVERED . 71.
... of vegetables . " Go , my friend , " says the chief mourner , " when you were alive I treated you with kindness , and when you were ill I did my best to CHAP . II . restore you to health ; and WHEN FIRST DISCOVERED . 71.
Side 73
... say God is a holy and a powerful being , and that the devil is the cause of a vast increase of moral evil in the world , by exciting or disposing men to sin . If , then , Satan be only a dependent creature , and the cause of so much ...
... say God is a holy and a powerful being , and that the devil is the cause of a vast increase of moral evil in the world , by exciting or disposing men to sin . If , then , Satan be only a dependent creature , and the cause of so much ...
Side 75
... say , the thoughts , or the desires , or the imaginations of the heart . For soul and spirit , as we have seen , they have distinct terms ; but it does not appear that they considered either of these as sharing in the emotions , whether ...
... say , the thoughts , or the desires , or the imaginations of the heart . For soul and spirit , as we have seen , they have distinct terms ; but it does not appear that they considered either of these as sharing in the emotions , whether ...
Side 99
... says the navigator , " that the com- pletion of it would at once deprive him of his kingdom , Cook's opin- and the people of their liberties . This shows with what ing Tahiti . facility a settlement might be made at Otaheite ; which ...
... says the navigator , " that the com- pletion of it would at once deprive him of his kingdom , Cook's opin- and the people of their liberties . This shows with what ing Tahiti . facility a settlement might be made at Otaheite ; which ...
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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...