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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... desire for books - Application from the blind - Account of Hiro , an idolatrous priest - Methods of distributing the Scriptures - Dangerous voyages - Motives influencing to desires for the Scriptures - Character of the translation ...
... desire for books - Application from the blind - Account of Hiro , an idolatrous priest - Methods of distributing the Scriptures - Dangerous voyages - Motives influencing to desires for the Scriptures - Character of the translation ...
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... Desire a code of Christian laws - Advice and conduct of the Missionaries - Preparation of the laws - Public enactment by the king in a national assembly at Tahiti - Capital punishments - Manner of conducting public trials ...
... Desire a code of Christian laws - Advice and conduct of the Missionaries - Preparation of the laws - Public enactment by the king in a national assembly at Tahiti - Capital punishments - Manner of conducting public trials ...
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... , te ereere ! ivi maitai tona : " The man , how dark ! good bones are his . A fair complexion was not an object of admiration or desire . They never I not ?? 2 ?? considered the fairest European countenance 18 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
... , te ereere ! ivi maitai tona : " The man , how dark ! good bones are his . A fair complexion was not an object of admiration or desire . They never I not ?? 2 ?? considered the fairest European countenance 18 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
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... desire - this arm , on its hinge , is extended at my will - by means of these hinges , my legs bear me where I wish ; and my mouth , by its hinge , masticates my food . Does not all this display the wisdom of God ? " The above will shew ...
... desire - this arm , on its hinge , is extended at my will - by means of these hinges , my legs bear me where I wish ; and my mouth , by its hinge , masticates my food . Does not all this display the wisdom of God ? " The above will shew ...
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... desire for war , as a means of en- larging their territory , and augmenting their power . Pomare's dominion would never have been so extensive and so absolute , but for the aid he derived , in the early part of his reign , from the ...
... desire for war , as a means of en- larging their territory , and augmenting their power . Pomare's dominion would never have been so extensive and so absolute , but for the aid he derived , in the early part of his reign , from the ...
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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