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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... hand - writing , and translation of his letter on the art of drawing - Estimation in which he was held by the people— Pomare , the first convert to Christianity - His commendable endeavours to promote its extension - Declension during ...
... hand - writing , and translation of his letter on the art of drawing - Estimation in which he was held by the people— Pomare , the first convert to Christianity - His commendable endeavours to promote its extension - Declension during ...
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... beheld . In confirmation of this , a venerable and gray - headed man , who had for- merly been a sorcerer , or priest of the evil spirit , stretched forth his hand , and looking at the limbs POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES . 21.
... beheld . In confirmation of this , a venerable and gray - headed man , who had for- merly been a sorcerer , or priest of the evil spirit , stretched forth his hand , and looking at the limbs POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES . 21.
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William Ellis. stretched forth his hand , and looking at the limbs of his body , said , " Here the wisdom of God is dis- played . I have hinges from my toes to my finger - ends , This finger has its hinges , and bends at my desire - this ...
William Ellis. stretched forth his hand , and looking at the limbs of his body , said , " Here the wisdom of God is dis- played . I have hinges from my toes to my finger - ends , This finger has its hinges , and bends at my desire - this ...
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... hand of the apostle , in the first chapter of the epistle to the Romans , revolting and humiliating as it is , affords but too faithful a portraiture . The depraved moral habits of the South Sea Islanders undoubtedly weaken their mental ...
... hand of the apostle , in the first chapter of the epistle to the Romans , revolting and humiliating as it is , affords but too faithful a portraiture . The depraved moral habits of the South Sea Islanders undoubtedly weaken their mental ...
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... hand to hand with club and spear— they have undoubtedly cherished , in those who pos- sessed them , a desire for war , as a means of en- larging their territory , and augmenting their power . Pomare's dominion would never have been so ...
... hand to hand with club and spear— they have undoubtedly cherished , in those who pos- sessed them , a desire for war , as a means of en- larging their territory , and augmenting their power . Pomare's dominion would never have been so ...
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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 |
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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