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 7
... tribes , and the source whence their languages have been derived . On this subject , the reader will find much interesting discussion in the works of Reland , Forster , Crawfurd , Zuniga , Ellis , Lang , and in PREFACE . 7.
... tribes , and the source whence their languages have been derived . On this subject , the reader will find much interesting discussion in the works of Reland , Forster , Crawfurd , Zuniga , Ellis , Lang , and in PREFACE . 7.
Side 18
... tribes by whom the several groups were inhabited . It was not till a period comparatively recent that the philosopher was invited to contemplate human nature at one of the most interesting epochs of its history ; that the attention of ...
... tribes by whom the several groups were inhabited . It was not till a period comparatively recent that the philosopher was invited to contemplate human nature at one of the most interesting epochs of its history ; that the attention of ...
Side 19
... tribes remain destitute of the ex- cellence which they are capable of attaining ; they even languish and decay though enjoying every physical ad- vantage . In most parts of the world unvisited by the arts of civilized life ...
... tribes remain destitute of the ex- cellence which they are capable of attaining ; they even languish and decay though enjoying every physical ad- vantage . In most parts of the world unvisited by the arts of civilized life ...
Side 31
... tribes ; having a black complexion , woolly hair , and depressed features . The other , from their colour and general ap- pearance , seem to claim an affinity to the eastern Asiatics , and are supposed to have found their way , at an ...
... tribes ; having a black complexion , woolly hair , and depressed features . The other , from their colour and general ap- pearance , seem to claim an affinity to the eastern Asiatics , and are supposed to have found their way , at an ...
Side 32
... tribes of Polynesians , at some former epoch , had accomplished a passage thither , and formed a permanent ... tribe ; and this opinion seems to be founded on the circumstance , that some of the bodies were wrapped in feather cloaks ...
... tribes of Polynesians , at some former epoch , had accomplished a passage thither , and formed a permanent ... tribe ; and this opinion seems to be founded on the circumstance , that some of the bodies were wrapped in feather cloaks ...
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