Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1842 - 440 sider |
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... things , and under circumstances which could not have occurred had his position in society been materially different . It has not been thought expedient to enter very deeply into the question which respects the origin of the Poly ...
... things , and under circumstances which could not have occurred had his position in society been materially different . It has not been thought expedient to enter very deeply into the question which respects the origin of the Poly ...
Side 19
... by the storm , or rot- ting on the ground ; the fertile plain is encumbered with noxious weeds , or soaked with stagnant water ; and every thing that seems to grow is suffocated by an AND SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THEIR INHABITANTS . 19.
... by the storm , or rot- ting on the ground ; the fertile plain is encumbered with noxious weeds , or soaked with stagnant water ; and every thing that seems to grow is suffocated by an AND SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THEIR INHABITANTS . 19.
Side 20
Michael Russell. every thing that seems to grow is suffocated by an exub- erant vegetation . But as soon as the colonist from an enlightened coun- try appears in such desolate regions , he eradicates the useless plants , and supplies ...
Michael Russell. every thing that seems to grow is suffocated by an exub- erant vegetation . But as soon as the colonist from an enlightened coun- try appears in such desolate regions , he eradicates the useless plants , and supplies ...
Side 35
... things ; and whatever is subjected to its operation acquires for the time a character of sacredness which cannot be neglected without incurring the severest penalty . In some cases , abstractedly from the religious * Lang's Polynesian ...
... things ; and whatever is subjected to its operation acquires for the time a character of sacredness which cannot be neglected without incurring the severest penalty . In some cases , abstractedly from the religious * Lang's Polynesian ...
Side 47
... thing they had succeeded in stealing , though of no utility , than upon a useful article if obtained as a gift , or in the ordinary process of barter . Their worst actions , too , like those of uneducated chil- dren , were perpetrated ...
... thing they had succeeded in stealing , though of no utility , than upon a useful article if obtained as a gift , or in the ordinary process of barter . Their worst actions , too , like those of uneducated chil- dren , were perpetrated ...
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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