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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... ranks in society - Slavery- The proprietors of land - The regal family - Sovereignty hereditary- Abdication of the father in favour of the son - Distinctions of royalty- Modes of travelling - Sacredness of the king's person - Homage of ...
... ranks in society - Slavery- The proprietors of land - The regal family - Sovereignty hereditary- Abdication of the father in favour of the son - Distinctions of royalty- Modes of travelling - Sacredness of the king's person - Homage of ...
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... rank and influence in the islands , are , almost without exception , as much superior to the peasantry or common people , in stateliness , dignified deportment , and physical strength , as they are in ránk and circumstances ; although ...
... rank and influence in the islands , are , almost without exception , as much superior to the peasantry or common people , in stateliness , dignified deportment , and physical strength , as they are in ránk and circumstances ; although ...
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... ranks , and is regulated only by the means of the individual by whom it is exercised . A poor man feels himself called upon , when a friend from a distance visits his dwelling , to provide an entertainment for him , 22 POLYNESIAN ...
... ranks , and is regulated only by the means of the individual by whom it is exercised . A poor man feels himself called upon , when a friend from a distance visits his dwelling , to provide an entertainment for him , 22 POLYNESIAN ...
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... rank or means of the family for whom it was designed , became a kind of test of sincerity in professions of desire to be instructed ; for to embrace Christianity , with the precepts which it inculcated , nothing could be more at ...
... rank or means of the family for whom it was designed , became a kind of test of sincerity in professions of desire to be instructed ; for to embrace Christianity , with the precepts which it inculcated , nothing could be more at ...
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... rank or the means of its proprietor , and the shape by his fancy . It was oblong or square , with high gable , or circular ends covered with thatch , so that the building resembled an oval more than any other shape . The situations ...
... rank or the means of its proprietor , and the shape by his fancy . It was oblong or square , with high gable , or circular ends covered with thatch , so that the building resembled an oval more than any other shape . The situations ...
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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