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 54
... arrive at any satisfactory conclusion . He supposes that it arose from a wish on the part of powerful families to secure to the next heir an undisputed succession to the dignity and power of his ancestors ; and if this was the object of ...
... arrive at any satisfactory conclusion . He supposes that it arose from a wish on the part of powerful families to secure to the next heir an undisputed succession to the dignity and power of his ancestors ; and if this was the object of ...
Side 65
... arrived there . Orofena was overwhelmed by the waves Opitohito alone remained and was their abode . There they watched ten nights ; the sea ebbed , and they saw the two little heads of the mountains in their elevation . When the waters ...
... arrived there . Orofena was overwhelmed by the waves Opitohito alone remained and was their abode . There they watched ten nights ; the sea ebbed , and they saw the two little heads of the mountains in their elevation . When the waters ...
Side 79
... arriving at maturity , they rarely objected to the engagements which their friends had made on their behalf . Among the ... arrived , great preparations were made for the dances , games , and other festive entertainments usual on such ...
... arriving at maturity , they rarely objected to the engagements which their friends had made on their behalf . Among the ... arrived , great preparations were made for the dances , games , and other festive entertainments usual on such ...
Side 93
... arrival of strangers who profess the true religion , and by the continued experience of the benefits which arise from cultivating the arts . The prophet Jeremiah , in the old time , put the question , hath any nation changed their gods ...
... arrival of strangers who profess the true religion , and by the continued experience of the benefits which arise from cultivating the arts . The prophet Jeremiah , in the old time , put the question , hath any nation changed their gods ...
Side 95
... arrived , bringing with him the knowledge of letters or a warlike force , by means of which he changed the customs of their fathers . The Greeks have their Cadmus , to whom they attribute the gift of literature . Other tribes refer to ...
... arrived , bringing with him the knowledge of letters or a warlike force , by means of which he changed the customs of their fathers . The Greeks have their Cadmus , to whom they attribute the gift of literature . Other tribes refer to ...
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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