| Greg Dening - 1992 - 468 sider
...connections has most likely been the leading cause of the whole business. 'The Women are handsome — mild in their Manners and conversation — possessed of...delicacy to make them admired and beloved — The Chiefs have taken such a liking to our People that they have rather encouraged their stay among them than... | |
| Ian Littlewood - 2008 - 262 sider
...connections' are at the heart of the story, as Bligh readily concedes: "The Women are handsome - mild in their Manners and conversation - possessed of great...sufficient delicacy to make them admired and beloved ..." To the wretched mutineers, faced with the hardships of life on an eighteenth-century naval vessel,... | |
| Michael Shermer - 2005 - 348 sider
...they could easily form bonds and attachments with the women in Tahiti. The Women are handsome — mild in their Manners and conversation — possessed of...delicacy to make them admired and beloved — The chiefs have taken such a liking to our People that they have rather encouraged their stay among them than... | |
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