Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1842 - 440 sider |
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... instruction either secular or religious . This was made manifest by some remarks which at a later period dropped from one of the leaders , who said that the missionaries gave the people plenty of talk and prayer , but very few knives ...
... instruction either secular or religious . This was made manifest by some remarks which at a later period dropped from one of the leaders , who said that the missionaries gave the people plenty of talk and prayer , but very few knives ...
Side 104
... instruction with the ap- parent docility of children : their natural softness of tem- per inclined them to accept with an air of gratitude a boon which seemed to be highly valued by those who offered it ; but , during a period of nearly ...
... instruction with the ap- parent docility of children : their natural softness of tem- per inclined them to accept with an air of gratitude a boon which seemed to be highly valued by those who offered it ; but , during a period of nearly ...
Side 105
... instruction in the doctrines of religion , and even before they themselves had acquired such knowledge of the several languages as to be able to ex- plain to their converts the mysteries of faith or the pre- cepts of duty . Resting upon ...
... instruction in the doctrines of religion , and even before they themselves had acquired such knowledge of the several languages as to be able to ex- plain to their converts the mysteries of faith or the pre- cepts of duty . Resting upon ...
Side 107
... instruction , their faith is held to be feeble and dubious ; and though some of them have gone through the ordinary course of academic education with applause , their constancy is still so much suspected that they are rarely elevated to ...
... instruction , their faith is held to be feeble and dubious ; and though some of them have gone through the ordinary course of academic education with applause , their constancy is still so much suspected that they are rarely elevated to ...
Side 128
... instruction in letters and the arts will not suffice . The mind must be roused and alarmed by revelations which respect the eternal state of man ; the savage must be made to feel that the eye of heaven is upon him ; and that there is a ...
... instruction in letters and the arts will not suffice . The mind must be roused and alarmed by revelations which respect the eternal state of man ; the savage must be made to feel that the eye of heaven is upon him ; and that there is a ...
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afterwards appear Archipelago areois arts attended authority Bay of Islands brethren canoes Captain Cook ceremonies chiefs christian church civilisation civilized cloth coast colony commander coral death desire discovered divine Eimeo Ellis English Erromango established European faith favourable Fijee Georgian group gods gospel habits heathen hence human hundred idolatry idols improvement inhabitants instruction intercourse Isles king knowledge labours land language less Lond Lord Byron manifest manner means ment miles mind mission Mitiaro murder nation natives nature Navigators object observed occasion ocean origin Otaheitan Otaheite Pacific Pacific Ocean period persons Pitcairn's Island Polynesian Pomare Port Jackson possession prayer present principles Raiatea Rarotonga received regard religion religious remarks residence respect sacred Sandwich Islands savage ship shore Society Islands soon South Sea spirit station superstition supplied teachers thousand tion Tonga tribes vessel visited Voyage whole worship Zealand