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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... to explore , inhabitants to describe , and perhaps to render more happy . " COOKE . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . II . LONDON : FISHER , SON , & JACKSON , NEWGATE STREET , M , DCCC , XXIX . CONTENTS OF VOL . II . DU510 E5 42 MAIN CHAP.
... to explore , inhabitants to describe , and perhaps to render more happy . " COOKE . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . II . LONDON : FISHER , SON , & JACKSON , NEWGATE STREET , M , DCCC , XXIX . CONTENTS OF VOL . II . DU510 E5 42 MAIN CHAP.
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... rendered freehold property - First Tahitian parlia- ment - Regulations relating to seamen deserting their vessels -- Publicity of trials - Effects of the beneficial laws Page 426 to 460 . CHAP . XVI . Visit from the Windward Islands ...
... rendered freehold property - First Tahitian parlia- ment - Regulations relating to seamen deserting their vessels -- Publicity of trials - Effects of the beneficial laws Page 426 to 460 . CHAP . XVI . Visit from the Windward Islands ...
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... rendered it expedient that we should revisit Raiatea . As we expected to be absent for several weeks , Mrs. Barff and Mrs. Ellis accompanied us ; Mr. Orsmond was returning to his station , and we embarked in his boat , although it was ...
... rendered it expedient that we should revisit Raiatea . As we expected to be absent for several weeks , Mrs. Barff and Mrs. Ellis accompanied us ; Mr. Orsmond was returning to his station , and we embarked in his boat , although it was ...
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... rendered to their gods , to have marked their affairs of state , and the car- riage of the people towards their rulers , to have pervaded the whole of their social intercourse , to have been mingled with their most ordinary avo- cations ...
... rendered to their gods , to have marked their affairs of state , and the car- riage of the people towards their rulers , to have pervaded the whole of their social intercourse , to have been mingled with their most ordinary avo- cations ...
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... renders their gait exceedingly awk- ward . Among the many models of perfection in the hu- man figure that appear in the islands , ( presenting to the eye of the stranger all that is beautiful in sym- metry and graceful in action ...
... renders their gait exceedingly awk- ward . Among the many models of perfection in the hu- man figure that appear in the islands , ( presenting to the eye of the stranger all that is beautiful in sym- metry and graceful in action ...
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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 |
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