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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... accustomed to consider as the birth - place of mankind , and the region to which their disembodied spirits were supposed to resort , it may be proper to introduce the facts and observations , in reference to their origin , physical ...
... accustomed to consider as the birth - place of mankind , and the region to which their disembodied spirits were supposed to resort , it may be proper to introduce the facts and observations , in reference to their origin , physical ...
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... accustomed to jesting , mirth , and humour , than irritating or re- proachful language . Their jests and raillery were not always confined to individuals , but extended to neighbourhoods , or the population of whole islands . The ...
... accustomed to jesting , mirth , and humour , than irritating or re- proachful language . Their jests and raillery were not always confined to individuals , but extended to neighbourhoods , or the population of whole islands . The ...
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... accustomed to traverse the mountains , and climb the rocky precipices , even from their childhood . The longevity of the islanders does not appear to have been , in former times , inferior to that of the inhabitants of more temperate ...
... accustomed to traverse the mountains , and climb the rocky precipices , even from their childhood . The longevity of the islanders does not appear to have been , in former times , inferior to that of the inhabitants of more temperate ...
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... accustomed to attribute to the whole a formation , if not posterior , yet not of more than equal antiquity with that event . We have usually viewed the coral , shells , & c . which do not appear to be fossils , as indications of the ...
... accustomed to attribute to the whole a formation , if not posterior , yet not of more than equal antiquity with that event . We have usually viewed the coral , shells , & c . which do not appear to be fossils , as indications of the ...
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... accustomed . Habits of application were also essential to the cultivation and enlargement of intellect , the increase of knowledge , and enjoyment in every department and every period of the present life . This was peculiarly desirable ...
... accustomed . Habits of application were also essential to the cultivation and enlargement of intellect , the increase of knowledge , and enjoyment in every department and every period of the present life . This was peculiarly desirable ...
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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 |
Polynesian Researches: During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage du livre entier - 1829 |
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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 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 Palliser Islands parties perhaps person Pomare Pomare III prayer present priest principal punishment raatiras Raiatea 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