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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... receiving a friend , or testifying gladness at his arrival ; it was , however , very general when the Europeans first arrived . ? In the court - yard of the king we were met by our friends Messrs . Williams and Threlkeld , who ...
... receiving a friend , or testifying gladness at his arrival ; it was , however , very general when the Europeans first arrived . ? In the court - yard of the king we were met by our friends Messrs . Williams and Threlkeld , who ...
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... received the different kinds of instruction hitherto furnished , as fast as their teachers could prepare lessons in ... receiving daily instruction in the first principles of human knowledge and Divine truth . The following extract from ...
... received the different kinds of instruction hitherto furnished , as fast as their teachers could prepare lessons in ... receiving daily instruction in the first principles of human knowledge and Divine truth . The following extract from ...
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... received Tahitian tradition is , that the first human pair were made by Taaroa , the prin- cipal deity formerly acknowledged by the nation . On more than one occasion , I have listened to the details of the people respecting his work of ...
... received Tahitian tradition is , that the first human pair were made by Taaroa , the prin- cipal deity formerly acknowledged by the nation . On more than one occasion , I have listened to the details of the people respecting his work of ...
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... received from the gods , human bodies , and became the progenitors of mankind . The name of one was Tii Maaraauta ; Tii , branching or extending towards the land , or the interior ; and of the other , Tii Maaraatai , Tii , branching or ...
... received from the gods , human bodies , and became the progenitors of mankind . The name of one was Tii Maaraauta ; Tii , branching or extending towards the land , or the interior ; and of the other , Tii Maaraatai , Tii , branching or ...
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... received , was usually retained until his death . . The island of Raiatea has not only been distinguished among the surrounding cluster by its identity with the traditions of the past , but also by its being the source of predictions ...
... received , was usually retained until his death . . The island of Raiatea has not only been distinguished among the surrounding cluster by its identity with the traditions of the past , but also by its being the source of predictions ...
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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