Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands, Including Descriptions of the Natural History and Scenery of the Islands, with Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government, Arts, Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants, Volume 2Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1829 - 576 pages |
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... disease left by the crew of Vancouver's ship . It does not prevail in any of the other islands ; and although such numbers are now affected with it , there is reason to believe , that , except the 14 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
... disease left by the crew of Vancouver's ship . It does not prevail in any of the other islands ; and although such numbers are now affected with it , there is reason to believe , that , except the 14 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
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William Ellis. there is reason to believe , that , except the many disfigurements produced by the elephantiasis , which appears to have prevailed from their earliest anti- quity , a deformed person was seldom seen . The countenance of ...
William Ellis. there is reason to believe , that , except the many disfigurements produced by the elephantiasis , which appears to have prevailed from their earliest anti- quity , a deformed person was seldom seen . The countenance of ...
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... believe , even to the present time furnish matter for mirthful jest to the natives of the other islands of the group , from the circumstance of one of their people , the first time she saw a foreigner who wore boots , exclaiming , with ...
... believe , even to the present time furnish matter for mirthful jest to the natives of the other islands of the group , from the circumstance of one of their people , the first time she saw a foreigner who wore boots , exclaiming , with ...
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... believe , that the period of human life , in the South Sea Islands , is not shorter than in other parts of the world , unless when it is rendered so by the inor- dinate use of ardent spirits , and the influence of diseases , prevailing ...
... believe , that the period of human life , in the South Sea Islands , is not shorter than in other parts of the world , unless when it is rendered so by the inor- dinate use of ardent spirits , and the influence of diseases , prevailing ...
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... believe that infanticide is not of recent origin , and the antiquity of the Areoi fraternity , according to tradition , is equal to that of the first inhabitants . Human sacrifices , we are informed by the natives , are comparatively of ...
... believe that infanticide is not of recent origin , and the antiquity of the Areoi fraternity , according to tradition , is equal to that of the first inhabitants . Human sacrifices , we are informed by the natives , are comparatively of ...
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Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage du livre entier - 1829 |
Polynesian Researches: During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage du livre entier - 1829 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
accustomed appeared Areois attended Austral Islands baptized Barff bark body Borabora bread-fruit called canoe Captain Captain Cook casuarina ceremony chapel chiefs Christ Christianity church circumstances civilized cloth cocoa-nut colour connexion considered coral crime declared deities desire district Divine dress dwellings effect Eimeo engaged erected European favour feet females fish formed formerly frequently friends furnished gods habits Huahine human human sacrifices idolatry idols individual influence inhabitants kind king labour land laws Leeward Islands magistrate marae mats ment Missionaries mountains nation native occasion offered parties perhaps person Pomare Pomare III prayer present priest principal punishment raatiras Raiatea rank received reef regarded rendered resembling residence Rurutu Sabbath sacred Sandwich Islands Scripture seldom ship shore side singular society Society Islands sometimes South Sea Islands spear spirits station supposed Taaroa Tahaa Tahiti Tahitian tataued temple tion tree usually vessel voyage worship
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Page 380 - Missionaries illustrated the general principles of scripture, that in all the public stations they sustained, they were to do unto others as they would that others should do unto them...
Page 198 - Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices, to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
Page 263 - I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Page 412 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Page 43 - He, having willed to produce various beings from his own divine substance, first with a thought created the waters, and placed in them a productive seed : that seed became an egg bright as gold, blazing like the luminary with a thousand beams ; and in that egg he was born himself, in the form of Brahma, the great forefather of all spirits.
Page 43 - In that egg the great power sat inactive a whole year of the Creator, at the close of which, by his thought alone, he caused the egg to divide itself. And from its two divisions he framed the heaven above, and the earth beneath ; in the midst, he placed the subtle ether, the eight regions, and the permanent receptacle of waters.
Page 52 - Taaroa had made the world and mankind, he created the quadrupeds of the earth, the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea...
Page 244 - Saviour comes ! by ancient bards foretold ! Hear Him, ye deaf; and all ye blind, behold ! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day: 'Tis he the obstructed paths of sound shall clear, And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear: The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting, like the bounding roe.
Page 318 - What is the holy bread ? It is the body of Christ, which he gave to save sinners. Do we then eat the body of Christ ? No ; but we eat the bread which means his body : and, as we eat bread that our bodies may not die, so our souls love Jesus Christ, and receive him for their Saviour, that they may not die.
Page 216 - An ubu or prayer was offered before they ate their food, when they tilled their ground, planted their gardens, built their houses, launched their canoes, cast their nets, and commenced or concluded a journey. The first fish taken periodically on their shores, together with a number of kinds regarded as sacred, were conveyed to the altar. The first-fruits of their orchards and gardens were also taumaha, or offered, with a portion of their live-stock, which consisted of pigs, dogs, and fowls, as it...