Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands, Volume 3Fisher, Son & Jackson, 1831 |
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... supposed that no adults should receive this initiatory rite , but such as , there was every reason to believe , were regenerated persons ; and that a general belief in the testimony that Christ was the Saviour of men , and a desire to ...
... supposed that no adults should receive this initiatory rite , but such as , there was every reason to believe , were regenerated persons ; and that a general belief in the testimony that Christ was the Saviour of men , and a desire to ...
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... supposed the memory of far different acts , in which , as parents , many of them had been en- gaged , has remained ; I have supposed that recol- lection has presented the winning look of conscious innocence , which some dear babe has ...
... supposed the memory of far different acts , in which , as parents , many of them had been en- gaged , has remained ; I have supposed that recol- lection has presented the winning look of conscious innocence , which some dear babe has ...
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... supposed to be inspired or possessed by some god , who , the natives imagined , had entered every one suffering under mental aberrations . On this account no control was exercised , but the highest respect was shewn them . They were ...
... supposed to be inspired or possessed by some god , who , the natives imagined , had entered every one suffering under mental aberrations . On this account no control was exercised , but the highest respect was shewn them . They were ...
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... supposed to send all the diseases with which they were afflicted . Whatever mystery they might attach to the pre- paration and use of medicine , their practice of surgery , and application of external remedies , were more simple and ...
... supposed to send all the diseases with which they were afflicted . Whatever mystery they might attach to the pre- paration and use of medicine , their practice of surgery , and application of external remedies , were more simple and ...
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... supposed to have become obnoxious to their anger , of which his malady was the result . These ideas , relative to the origin of diseases , had a powerful tendency to stifle every feeling of sym- pathy and compassion , and to restrain ...
... supposed to have become obnoxious to their anger , of which his malady was the result . These ideas , relative to the origin of diseases , had a powerful tendency to stifle every feeling of sym- pathy and compassion , and to restrain ...
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afterwards Aimata appeared arrival attended baptism baptized Barff boat Borabora brought canoe captain ceremony chapel chiefs chieftain Christ Christian church circumstances civil cloth cocoa-nut crime death desire distance district Divine dwellings Eimeo endeavoured father favourable feeling frequently friends furnished gods gospel governor harbour hope Huahine idolatry idols individual influence inhabitants judge kind king king of Tahiti labour land laws Leeward Islands magistrate ment miles mind Mission Missionaries murder nation native teachers Nott occasion owner Papeete parents parties person Pomare Pomare II Port Jackson prayer present priests principal proceeded punishment raatiras Raiatea received regarded regulation rendered residence respect Rimatara Rurutu Sabbath sacred sailed Sandwich Islands scriptures sent settlement ship shore sionaries Society Islands sometimes soon South Sea Islands South Wales spirit station supposed Tahaa Tahiti Tahitian tataued temple tion tree Tubuai vessel visited voyage wife worship Zealand