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 |
À l'intérieur du livre
Résultats 1-5 sur 37
Page 25
... engaged in their ordinary avocations , was often such as the ear could not listen to without pollution , presenting images , and con- veying sentiments , whose most fleeting passage through the mind left contamination . Awfully dark ...
... engaged in their ordinary avocations , was often such as the ear could not listen to without pollution , presenting images , and con- veying sentiments , whose most fleeting passage through the mind left contamination . Awfully dark ...
Page 37
... engaged our at- tention , and formed the subject of our inquiries . The early history of a people destitute of all records , and right ! remote from nations in whose annals contemporaneous events would be POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES . 37.
... engaged our at- tention , and formed the subject of our inquiries . The early history of a people destitute of all records , and right ! remote from nations in whose annals contemporaneous events would be POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES . 37.
Page 84
... engaged in the erection of their domestic habitations , the people of the island were occupied in raising a spacious and substantial chapel . They commenced it in the begin- ning of 1819 , and completed it early in the following year ...
... engaged in the erection of their domestic habitations , the people of the island were occupied in raising a spacious and substantial chapel . They commenced it in the begin- ning of 1819 , and completed it early in the following year ...
Page 88
... engaged in providing the means of increasing their do- mestic enjoyments , and accommodating the assemblies for public worship ; their neighbours in the adjacent island of Raiatea were not behind them in the rapidity of their ...
... engaged in providing the means of increasing their do- mestic enjoyments , and accommodating the assemblies for public worship ; their neighbours in the adjacent island of Raiatea were not behind them in the rapidity of their ...
Page 102
... engaged in preparing materials , and erecting a chapel , at Papaoa , by far the largest ever built in the islands ; it had been opened twelve months before those in the Leeward Islands were finished . This building , which is called the ...
... engaged in preparing materials , and erecting a chapel , at Papaoa , by far the largest ever built in the islands ; it had been opened twelve months before those in the Leeward Islands were finished . This building , which is called the ...
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
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