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 |
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... crime , & c . - Fatal effects of jealousy - Seizure of property - Punishment of theft - Public works - Supplies for the king- Despotic rapacity -- Extortion of the king's servants -- Unorganized state of civil polity - Desire a code of ...
... crime , & c . - Fatal effects of jealousy - Seizure of property - Punishment of theft - Public works - Supplies for the king- Despotic rapacity -- Extortion of the king's servants -- Unorganized state of civil polity - Desire a code of ...
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... crimes . To withhold food from the king or chiefs , when they might enter a district , was considered a crime next to resisting the royal authority , or declaring war against the king ; and this has in a great degree rendered the people ...
... crimes . To withhold food from the king or chiefs , when they might enter a district , was considered a crime next to resisting the royal authority , or declaring war against the king ; and this has in a great degree rendered the people ...
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... universal ; and all the demoralization , crimes , and misery , that follow in its train , were added to the multiplied sorrows and wasting scourges of the people . It nurtured indolence , and 34 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
... universal ; and all the demoralization , crimes , and misery , that follow in its train , were added to the multiplied sorrows and wasting scourges of the people . It nurtured indolence , and 34 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
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... crime of infanticide . Before going to the temple to offer a human sacrifice to their gods , the priests have been ... crimes in which they ori- ginated had ceased , the number of deaths exceeded that of births . About the years 1819 and ...
... crime of infanticide . Before going to the temple to offer a human sacrifice to their gods , the priests have been ... crimes in which they ori- ginated had ceased , the number of deaths exceeded that of births . About the years 1819 and ...
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... crime that brought on the Hindoo deluge . The warning to flee , and the means of safety , resemble a tradition recorded by Kaempfer , as existing among th Chinese . The canoe of the Polynesian Noah has its counterpart in the tra ...
... crime that brought on the Hindoo deluge . The warning to flee , and the means of safety , resemble a tradition recorded by Kaempfer , as existing among th Chinese . The canoe of the Polynesian Noah has its counterpart in the tra ...
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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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appeared Areois arrived attended Austral Islands baptized Barff bark body Borabora bread-fruit called canoe Captain Captain Cook casuarina ceremony chapel chiefs Christ Christianity church circumstances cloth cocoa-nut colour connexion considered coral crime declared deities desire district Divine dress dwellings effect Eimeo erected European favour feet females fish formed formerly frequently friends furnished gods habits Huahine human human sacrifices idolatry idols individual influence inhabitants kind king labour land laws Leeward Islands magistrate marae mats ment Missionaries mountains nation natives night occasion offered parties perhaps person Polynesian Pomare Pomare III prayers present prevailed priest principal punishment raatiras Raiatea received reef regarded resembling residence Rurutu Sabbath sacred Sandwich Islands Scripture ship shore side society Society Islands sometimes South Sea Islands spear spirits station supposed Taaroa Tahaa Tahiti Tahitian tataued temple tion tradition tree usually vessel voyage wife worship