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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... origin of the people - General account of the South Sea Islanders - Physical character , stature , colour , expression , & c . Mental capacity , and habits - Aptness to receive instruction - Moral character -- Hospitality - Extensive ...
... origin of the people - General account of the South Sea Islanders - Physical character , stature , colour , expression , & c . Mental capacity , and habits - Aptness to receive instruction - Moral character -- Hospitality - Extensive ...
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... Origin of moral evil - Satanic influence - A future state- Condition of those who had died idolaters - The Sabbath - Inquiries respecting England - The doctrine of the resurrection - Visits to Maeva -Description of the aoa - Legend ...
... Origin of moral evil - Satanic influence - A future state- Condition of those who had died idolaters - The Sabbath - Inquiries respecting England - The doctrine of the resurrection - Visits to Maeva -Description of the aoa - Legend ...
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... origin of the people - General account of the South Sea Islanders - Physical character , stature , colour , ex- pression , & c . — Mental capacity , and habits - Aptness to receive instruc- tion - Moral character - Hospitality ...
... origin of the people - General account of the South Sea Islanders - Physical character , stature , colour , ex- pression , & c . — Mental capacity , and habits - Aptness to receive instruc- tion - Moral character - Hospitality ...
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... origin of the peo- ple , and their preservation in the general deluge . has been celebrated as the cradle of their mythology , the seat of their oracle , and the abode of those priests whose predictions for many generations regu- lated ...
... origin of the peo- ple , and their preservation in the general deluge . has been celebrated as the cradle of their mythology , the seat of their oracle , and the abode of those priests whose predictions for many generations regu- lated ...
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... origin , affecting the features of the face , and muscular parts of the body . There is another disease , which forms such a curvature of the upper part of the spine , as to produce what is termed a humped or broken back . The disease ...
... origin , affecting the features of the face , and muscular parts of the body . There is another disease , which forms such a curvature of the upper part of the spine , as to produce what is termed a humped or broken back . The disease ...
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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