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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... gods - the historical songs of their bards the beautiful , figurative , and impassioned eloquence sometimes displayed in their national assemblies - and , above all , the copiousness , variety , precision , and purity of their language ...
... gods - the historical songs of their bards the beautiful , figurative , and impassioned eloquence sometimes displayed in their national assemblies - and , above all , the copiousness , variety , precision , and purity of their language ...
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... God from her lips . She also instructs Hoapiri and wife in good things . She teaches them night and day . She is constantly speaking to her steward , and to all her household . Very numerous are the words which she speaks , to encourage ...
... God from her lips . She also instructs Hoapiri and wife in good things . She teaches them night and day . She is constantly speaking to her steward , and to all her household . Very numerous are the words which she speaks , to encourage ...
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... gods could inflict , and the following was one of the predictions : E tupu te fau , e toro te farero , e mou te taata : " The fau ( hibiscus ) shall grow , the farero ( coral ) shall spread or stretch out its branches , but man shall ...
... gods could inflict , and the following was one of the predictions : E tupu te fau , e toro te farero , e mou te taata : " The fau ( hibiscus ) shall grow , the farero ( coral ) shall spread or stretch out its branches , but man shall ...
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... gods . Tati , however , remarked to Mr. Davies , that it was the observing , not the neglecting of the directions of ... God had not sent his word at the time he did , wars , infant- murder , human sacrifices , & c . would have made an ...
... gods . Tati , however , remarked to Mr. Davies , that it was the observing , not the neglecting of the directions of ... God had not sent his word at the time he did , wars , infant- murder , human sacrifices , & c . would have made an ...
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... gods , the priests have been known to intoxicate themselves , in order that they might be insensible to any unpleasant feelings this horrid work might excite . These causes operating upon a people , whose simple habits of diet rendered ...
... gods , the priests have been known to intoxicate themselves , in order that they might be insensible to any unpleasant feelings this horrid work might excite . These causes operating upon a people , whose simple habits of diet rendered ...
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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