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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... civilized than those must have been , who could have constructed vessels , and traversed this ocean six or seven thousand miles against the regularly prevailing winds , which must have been the fact , if we conclude they were peopled ...
... civilized than those must have been , who could have constructed vessels , and traversed this ocean six or seven thousand miles against the regularly prevailing winds , which must have been the fact , if we conclude they were peopled ...
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... The estimate Captain Cook formed of his character was correct : he appeared to have derived no permanent advantage from the voyage he had made , the attention he had received , or the civilized society with which 94 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
... The estimate Captain Cook formed of his character was correct : he appeared to have derived no permanent advantage from the voyage he had made , the attention he had received , or the civilized society with which 94 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
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William Ellis. he had received , or the civilized society with which he had been associated . He soon threw off his European dress , and adopted the costume , uncivilized manners , and indolent life , of his countrymen . Weakness and ...
William Ellis. he had received , or the civilized society with which he had been associated . He soon threw off his European dress , and adopted the costume , uncivilized manners , and indolent life , of his countrymen . Weakness and ...
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... civilized world . Visiting almost daily the spot , and living in habits of intercourse with the successors of Mai , I have been often led to compare the views and circumstances of the present inhabitants of Beritani with those of the ...
... civilized world . Visiting almost daily the spot , and living in habits of intercourse with the successors of Mai , I have been often led to compare the views and circumstances of the present inhabitants of Beritani with those of the ...
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... civilized countries , where public clocks are nume- rous , and watches almost universal - the same objections will not apply to a people destitute of these , and having no means of denoting the hour of the day , except by men- Γ tioning ...
... civilized countries , where public clocks are nume- rous , and watches almost universal - the same objections will not apply to a people destitute of these , and having no means of denoting the hour of the day , except by men- Γ tioning ...
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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 |
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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