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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Page iv
... death of victims - Divination for the detection of theft Page 219 to 241 .. CHAP . IX . · Increased desire for books - Application from the blind - Account of Hiro , an idolatrous priest - Methods of distributing the Scriptures ...
... death of victims - Divination for the detection of theft Page 219 to 241 .. CHAP . IX . · Increased desire for books - Application from the blind - Account of Hiro , an idolatrous priest - Methods of distributing the Scriptures ...
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... Death of Messrs . Tessier and Bicknell - Dying charge to the people- Missionary responsibility Page 270 to 301 . · CHAP . XI . General view of a Christian church - Uniformity of procedure in the different stations - Instructions from ...
... Death of Messrs . Tessier and Bicknell - Dying charge to the people- Missionary responsibility Page 270 to 301 . · CHAP . XI . General view of a Christian church - Uniformity of procedure in the different stations - Instructions from ...
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... death - Accession of his son Pomare III . to the government - Coronation of the infant king - His removal to the South Sea academy - Encouraging progress in learning - Early and lamented death - The extensive use of letters among the ...
... death - Accession of his son Pomare III . to the government - Coronation of the infant king - His removal to the South Sea academy - Encouraging progress in learning - Early and lamented death - The extensive use of letters among the ...
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... death they re- paired . In connexion with my first voyages to the spot , which many have been accustomed to consider as the birth - place of mankind , and the region to which their disembodied spirits were supposed to resort , it may be ...
... death they re- paired . In connexion with my first voyages to the spot , which many have been accustomed to consider as the birth - place of mankind , and the region to which their disembodied spirits were supposed to resort , it may be ...
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... deaths occurring in each of the islands should be kept . From the operation of the causes above enumerated , for some years even after the crimes in which they ori- ginated had ceased , the number of deaths exceeded that of births ...
... deaths occurring in each of the islands should be kept . From the operation of the causes above enumerated , for some years even after the crimes in which they ori- ginated had ceased , the number of deaths exceeded that of births ...
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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 |
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 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