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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... hand , it is easy to could have proceeded from the east . imagine how they The winds would favour their passage , and the incipient stages of civiliza- tion in which they were found , would resemble the con- dition of the aborigines of ...
... hand , it is easy to could have proceeded from the east . imagine how they The winds would favour their passage , and the incipient stages of civiliza- tion in which they were found , would resemble the con- dition of the aborigines of ...
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... , and the art of burning lime . It is not easy , nor is it material , to determine which of these two houses was finished first . They were certainly both in hand at the same time , and the periods 70 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
... , and the art of burning lime . It is not easy , nor is it material , to determine which of these two houses was finished first . They were certainly both in hand at the same time , and the periods 70 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
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William Ellis. in hand at the same time , and the periods of their com- pletion were probably not very remote from each other . A new order of architecture was thus introduced to the nation , and the names of Tamatoa , king of Raiatea ...
William Ellis. in hand at the same time , and the periods of their com- pletion were probably not very remote from each other . A new order of architecture was thus introduced to the nation , and the names of Tamatoa , king of Raiatea ...
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... hand of a superintend- ing Providence is generally acknowledged , it is true , but it is so only with respect to the temporal state . So true it is , that the mind itself , untaught by the Divine Spirit , knows nothing of the awful and ...
... hand of a superintend- ing Providence is generally acknowledged , it is true , but it is so only with respect to the temporal state . So true it is , that the mind itself , untaught by the Divine Spirit , knows nothing of the awful and ...
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... hand - bell , not so large as that ordinarily used by the belman in an English market - town . As the number of stations increased , bells were sent from England , but they were either too small , badly made , or carelessly used , and ...
... hand - bell , not so large as that ordinarily used by the belman in an English market - town . As the number of stations increased , bells were sent from England , but they were either too small , badly made , or carelessly used , and ...
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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