Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1842 - 440 sider |
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... seemed to consider in the light of an ingenious . dexterity , rather than as a practice that any one could justly condemn . Influenced by a feeling similar to that which was made a part of education in ancient Sparta , they set more ...
... seemed to consider in the light of an ingenious . dexterity , rather than as a practice that any one could justly condemn . Influenced by a feeling similar to that which was made a part of education in ancient Sparta , they set more ...
Side 49
... seemed to him confirmed by the fact , that their successors have neither skill nor industry enough to prevent them from falling into hope- less ruin . Besides these colossal statues , which were acknowledged to bear the marks of a ...
... seemed to him confirmed by the fact , that their successors have neither skill nor industry enough to prevent them from falling into hope- less ruin . Besides these colossal statues , which were acknowledged to bear the marks of a ...
Side 53
... seemed to have little effect on the young monarch , who appeared to notice the humble posture of his grandsire with the most perfect indifference . This mode of behaviour , the navigator remarks , is to be attri- buted to the force of ...
... seemed to have little effect on the young monarch , who appeared to notice the humble posture of his grandsire with the most perfect indifference . This mode of behaviour , the navigator remarks , is to be attri- buted to the force of ...
Side 96
... seemed necessary to secure ultimate success . We now allude to the Bounty , com- manded by Lieutenant Bligh , whose name is so closely connected with the unhappy mutiny which ensued ; the sufferings of that portion of the crew who ...
... seemed necessary to secure ultimate success . We now allude to the Bounty , com- manded by Lieutenant Bligh , whose name is so closely connected with the unhappy mutiny which ensued ; the sufferings of that portion of the crew who ...
Side 97
... seemed to increase in proportion to our stay . That we were not insensible to their kindness , the events which followed * Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H. M. S. Bounty ; its Cause and Consequences ( 12mo ...
... seemed to increase in proportion to our stay . That we were not insensible to their kindness , the events which followed * Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H. M. S. Bounty ; its Cause and Consequences ( 12mo ...
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