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In some cases there is reason to believe that their notions have received a
certain colouring from an occasional intercourse with Europeans . For example ,
in Otaheite it is mentioned as a tradition received from their fathers that the first
human ...
In some cases there is reason to believe that their notions have received a
certain colouring from an occasional intercourse with Europeans . For example ,
in Otaheite it is mentioned as a tradition received from their fathers that the first
human ...
Side 102
Presentations of this kind , it is said , were not uncommon among the islanders as
a matter of courtesy to a guest ; but , generally speaking , the persons who
received the compliment did not think of appropriating the lands or plantations to
their ...
Presentations of this kind , it is said , were not uncommon among the islanders as
a matter of courtesy to a guest ; but , generally speaking , the persons who
received the compliment did not think of appropriating the lands or plantations to
their ...
Side 107
... 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 the priesthood , or received into any religious
order .
... 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 the priesthood , or received into any religious
order .
Side 167
sionary ' s only mode of receiving support from the people , has been attended
with some inconveniences ; it has obliged him in his intercourse with those by
whom he has been visited , to act more like a trader than he himself desired , or
than ...
sionary ' s only mode of receiving support from the people , has been attended
with some inconveniences ; it has obliged him in his intercourse with those by
whom he has been visited , to act more like a trader than he himself desired , or
than ...
Side 400
Still it does not appear that , since the arrival of these zealous teachers , any
general movement has taken place in their favour , whilst the religious instruction
communicated by the Protestant minister is at least as well received as formerly .
Still it does not appear that , since the arrival of these zealous teachers , any
general movement has taken place in their favour , whilst the religious instruction
communicated by the Protestant minister is at least as well received as formerly .
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afterwards already appeared arrived arts attended authority body called Captain carried character chiefs christian civilized cloth communicated considerable continued Cook death desire direction discovered divine doubt effect English established European extend faith favourable followed give gospel ground habits hand human hundred important improvement individuals influence inhabitants instruction interesting islands king knowledge known labours land language less live manner means mentioned miles mind mission missionaries natives nature Navigators object observed occasion once origin Otaheite Pacific period persons Polynesian possession present principles produced reason received reference regard religion remain remarks residence respect Sandwich Sandwich Islands savage seemed ship shore side similar Society soon South Sea spirit success supplied teachers thing thousand tion tribes usually vessel visited Voyage whole worship Zealand
Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New Zealand Bind 33 af Edinburgh cabinet library |
| Forfatter | Michael Russell |
| Udgave | 5 |
| Udgiver | Oliver & Boyd, 1842 |
| Oprindeligt fra | Harvard University |
| Digitaliseret | 14. mar 2008 |
| Længde | 440 sider |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |