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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... nature of a Christian church - Qualifications and duties of com- municants - The sacrament of the Lord's Supper - Formation of the first church of Christ in the Leeward Islands - Administration of the ordi- nance - Substitute for bread ...
... nature of a Christian church - Qualifications and duties of com- municants - The sacrament of the Lord's Supper - Formation of the first church of Christ in the Leeward Islands - Administration of the ordi- nance - Substitute for bread ...
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... nature , the numerous ob- servances , and diversified ramifications of their my- thology - the legends of their gods - the historical songs of their bards the beautiful , figurative , and impassioned eloquence sometimes displayed in ...
... nature , the numerous ob- servances , and diversified ramifications of their my- thology - the legends of their gods - the historical songs of their bards the beautiful , figurative , and impassioned eloquence sometimes displayed in ...
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... the people so ready to provide an entertainment for those by whom they may be visited . Next to their hospitality , their cheerfulness and good nature strikes a stranger . They are seldom melancholy POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES . 23.
... the people so ready to provide an entertainment for those by whom they may be visited . Next to their hospitality , their cheerfulness and good nature strikes a stranger . They are seldom melancholy POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES . 23.
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William Ellis. good nature strikes a stranger . They are seldom melancholy or reserved , always willing to enter into conversation , and ready to be pleased , and to attempt to please their associates . They are , generally speak- ing ...
William Ellis. good nature strikes a stranger . They are seldom melancholy or reserved , always willing to enter into conversation , and ready to be pleased , and to attempt to please their associates . They are , generally speak- ing ...
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... nature ; that the progress made towards civilization and earthly happiness , in consequence of the moral influence of Christianity , was the cause of that delight . The hand of a superintend- ing Providence is generally acknowledged ...
... nature ; that the progress made towards civilization and earthly happiness , in consequence of the moral influence of Christianity , was the cause of that delight . The hand of a superintend- ing Providence is generally acknowledged ...
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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