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 61
... individuals who had shown any marked disaffection to- wards the state were commonly chosen , they were more careful ... individual on his grounds whom he was not unwilling to devote to the horrid purpose in view . When , there- fore ...
... individuals who had shown any marked disaffection to- wards the state were commonly chosen , they were more careful ... individual on his grounds whom he was not unwilling to devote to the horrid purpose in view . When , there- fore ...
Side 67
... individuals who escaped in a naked vessel ( one without sails ) , by whom the island of Britain was repeopled . The safety which the progenitors of the human race are said to have found in caves , or the summits of the mountains , when ...
... individuals who escaped in a naked vessel ( one without sails ) , by whom the island of Britain was repeopled . The safety which the progenitors of the human race are said to have found in caves , or the summits of the mountains , when ...
Side 69
... individual whom they were hired to assail . The natives were greatly afraid of these human demons ; and it was to avoid the evils which they were supposed to have the power of sending , that gifts were so profusely presented at their ...
... individual whom they were hired to assail . The natives were greatly afraid of these human demons ; and it was to avoid the evils which they were supposed to have the power of sending , that gifts were so profusely presented at their ...
Side 80
... individual to whom the chief was first united in marriage , or whose rank was nearest his own , was considered as his wife , * Mr Ellis ( Polynesian Researches ) , vol . i . p . 273 , remarks that , notwithstanding all this ceremony ...
... individual to whom the chief was first united in marriage , or whose rank was nearest his own , was considered as his wife , * Mr Ellis ( Polynesian Researches ) , vol . i . p . 273 , remarks that , notwithstanding all this ceremony ...
Side 81
... individual who had re- course to them : they were more frequently employed with the view of doing injury to others . The persons who devoted themselves to sorcery as a profession , readily lent their aid to the vindictive passions of ...
... individual who had re- course to them : they were more frequently employed with the view of doing injury to others . The persons who devoted themselves to sorcery as a profession , readily lent their aid to the vindictive passions of ...
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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