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 57
... hand it down uncontaminated to their offspring . With this view , whenever a matrimo- nial connexion takes place between one of them and an individual of inferior rank , the children are destroyed . Though the king succeeds to his ...
... hand it down uncontaminated to their offspring . With this view , whenever a matrimo- nial connexion takes place between one of them and an individual of inferior rank , the children are destroyed . Though the king succeeds to his ...
Side 59
... hands , and pared to lead them forth to join the banner of the sove- reign . pre- Whenever a measure was adopted ... hand an emblematical proclamation , to which every loyal subject was ready to give obedience . Instead of the fiery ...
... hands , and pared to lead them forth to join the banner of the sove- reign . pre- Whenever a measure was adopted ... hand an emblematical proclamation , to which every loyal subject was ready to give obedience . Instead of the fiery ...
Side 61
... hand or a rotten cocoa - nut . These or similar terms were invariably used and well understood when such applications were made . It generally happened that some one of the chiefs had an individual on his grounds whom he was not ...
... hand or a rotten cocoa - nut . These or similar terms were invariably used and well understood when such applications were made . It generally happened that some one of the chiefs had an individual on his grounds whom he was not ...
Side 62
... hands of the ruler . A universal inter- dict was constantly at his command ; and whether in matters of finance , provisions , or any other branch of national economy , he had the minds and bodies of his subjects entirely under his ...
... hands of the ruler . A universal inter- dict was constantly at his command ; and whether in matters of finance , provisions , or any other branch of national economy , he had the minds and bodies of his subjects entirely under his ...
Side 78
... hands at their meals , almost between every morsel ; and their clothes as well as their persons are kept without spot or stain . * As one of the ceremonies connected with their natural condition , we must not fail to mention the mode in ...
... hands at their meals , almost between every morsel ; and their clothes as well as their persons are kept without spot or stain . * As one of the ceremonies connected with their natural condition , we must not fail to mention the mode in ...
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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