Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1842 - 440 sider |
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Side 8
... less interesting are the details which illustrate the progress of education among the subjects of Pomare in the Society cluster , and of Rihoriho in the barbarous islands of Owhyhee and Woahoo . Under such influence the power of ...
... less interesting are the details which illustrate the progress of education among the subjects of Pomare in the Society cluster , and of Rihoriho in the barbarous islands of Owhyhee and Woahoo . Under such influence the power of ...
Side 11
... I. - His Character - His Son at first less fa- vourable to the Cause - Missionaries again alarmed - Revival of Affairs - The King converted - His Baptism deferred- Progress of the Gospel - Opposition of the Heathen -- CONTENTS . 11.
... I. - His Character - His Son at first less fa- vourable to the Cause - Missionaries again alarmed - Revival of Affairs - The King converted - His Baptism deferred- Progress of the Gospel - Opposition of the Heathen -- CONTENTS . 11.
Side 18
... less gratifying as a reward for past exertions than when regarded as an encouragement to future endeav- ours . In those remote establishments the savage has been seen to rise , as it were by a single effort , from the lowest condition ...
... less gratifying as a reward for past exertions than when regarded as an encouragement to future endeav- ours . In those remote establishments the savage has been seen to rise , as it were by a single effort , from the lowest condition ...
Side 20
... less waters , he gives to them an increasing limpidity , rendering them beneficial to all the tenants of his new abode ; while the earth by receiving the kindly influence of the atmosphere becomes dry , and has its face soon covered ...
... less waters , he gives to them an increasing limpidity , rendering them beneficial to all the tenants of his new abode ; while the earth by receiving the kindly influence of the atmosphere becomes dry , and has its face soon covered ...
Side 21
... less important in the history of South Sea discovery . Viewed on a large scale , the various insular groups which may be traced between the eastern borders of the old continents and the western shores of the new , include a much wider ...
... less important in the history of South Sea discovery . Viewed on a large scale , the various insular groups which may be traced between the eastern borders of the old continents and the western shores of the new , include a much wider ...
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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