Polynesia: A History of the South Sea Islands, Including New Zealand ; with Narrative of the Introduction of Christianity, & CT. Nelson, 1852 - 486 pages |
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... Pacific the foundations of a pure faith and the motives to a holy life . A variety of opinion continues to prevail as to the effects produced by the labours of the missionary . With- out presuming to determine the several points at ...
... Pacific the foundations of a pure faith and the motives to a holy life . A variety of opinion continues to prevail as to the effects produced by the labours of the missionary . With- out presuming to determine the several points at ...
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... Pacific , the author has enjoyed the great advantage of perusing an unpublished work , written by a distinguished officer resident some years in that part of the globe , and which is repeatedly quoted under the title of a Manuscript ...
... Pacific , the author has enjoyed the great advantage of perusing an unpublished work , written by a distinguished officer resident some years in that part of the globe , and which is repeatedly quoted under the title of a Manuscript ...
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... Pacific , viewed in connexion with the causes to which they are imagined to owe their present form . The volcanic origin of the larger ones is illustrated by a reference to the rocks of which they are composed ; while the extent to ...
... Pacific , viewed in connexion with the causes to which they are imagined to owe their present form . The volcanic origin of the larger ones is illustrated by a reference to the rocks of which they are composed ; while the extent to ...
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... From their reports , at first somewhat deficient in accuracy , it was gradually made known that certain green spots on the bosom of the Pacific were occasionally visited by the A CHAP . I. Recent in- terest in the Polynesians .
... From their reports , at first somewhat deficient in accuracy , it was gradually made known that certain green spots on the bosom of the Pacific were occasionally visited by the A CHAP . I. Recent in- terest in the Polynesians .
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... Pacific are de- scribed as the Farther Polynesia . Before entering on the details of discovery and settle- ment , it may prove not less entertaining than instruc- tive to give an outline of the physical characters and geographical ...
... Pacific are de- scribed as the Farther Polynesia . Before entering on the details of discovery and settle- ment , it may prove not less entertaining than instruc- tive to give an outline of the physical characters and geographical ...
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Polynesia: A History of the South Sea Islands, Including New Zealand : with ... Michael Russell Affichage du livre entier - 1849 |
Polynesia: A History of the South Sea Islands, Including New Zealand ; with ... Michael Russell Affichage du livre entier - 1852 |
Polynesia: A History of the South Sea Islands, Including New Zealand ; with ... Michael Russell Affichage du livre entier - 1852 |
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afterwards appeared Archipelago areois aries arrived brethren canoes Captain Cook ceremonies CHAP chiefs christian christian teachers church civilisation civilized Cloth extra Cloth gilt coast cocoa-nut colony converts coral crew death desire divine Eimeo Ellis Erromanga European favourable feet Fijee Foolscap 8vo French Georgian group gilt leaves gospel ground habits heathen Hebrides human hundred idolatry idols influence inhabitants instruction intercourse Isles king knowledge labours land less Lond Mangaia manner means ment miles mind mission missionaries Mitiaro Morocco murder natives Navigators occasion Otaheite Pacific persons Pitcairn's Island Polynesian Pomare Pomare II Port Jackson possession prayer present priests principal Raiatea Raraka Rarotonga received reef religion religious remarks residence respect Royal 32mo Sandwich Islands savage ship shore sionary Society Islands soon South Sea spirit station superstition Tahiti tion Tonga trees tribes vessel visited Voyage whole worship Zealand
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Page 474 - Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. 2 for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Page 431 - And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
Page 474 - Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
Page 338 - I was now prompted, by my desire to avoid further hostilities, to get some of them on board, as the only method left of convincing them that we intended them no harm, and had it in our power to contribute to their gratification and convenience.
Page 64 - He, having willed to produce various beings from his own divine substance, first with a thought created the waters, and placed in them a productive seed : that seed became an egg bright as gold, blazing like the luminary with a thousand beams ; and in that egg he was born himself, in the form of Brahma, the great forefather of all spirits.
Page 98 - for twenty-three weeks we had been treated with the utmost affection and regard, and which seemed to increase in proportion to our stay. That we were not insensible to their kindness, the events which followed more than sufficiently prove ; for to the friendly and endearing behaviour of these people, may be ascribed the motives for that •event which effected the ruin of an expedition, that there was every reason to hope would have been completed in the most fortunate manner.
Page 227 - He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire...
Page 275 - at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah, and see how superior they are to us in every respect. Their ships are like floating houses, so that they can traverse the tempest-driven ocean for months with perfect safety, whereas, if a breeze blow upon our canoes, they are in an instant upset, and we sprawling in the sea.
Page 474 - Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shall thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Page 117 - Mission-house, a distance of half a mile ; and not a single article of clothing was taken from any man belonging to the ship, though they had it in their...