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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... minds , that a canoe would not swim without this necessary balance , and charged him with foretelling an im- possibility . He persisted in his predictions , and , in order to remove their scepticism as to its practicability , launched ...
... minds , that a canoe would not swim without this necessary balance , and charged him with foretelling an im- possibility . He persisted in his predictions , and , in order to remove their scepticism as to its practicability , launched ...
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... minds , we could not demonstrate that the different islands now existing had not formerly belonged to one large island . Neither could we shew that they were not the remains of a continent , originally stretching across the Pacific ...
... minds , we could not demonstrate that the different islands now existing had not formerly belonged to one large island . Neither could we shew that they were not the remains of a continent , originally stretching across the Pacific ...
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... , and other naval officers , whom I had the pleasure of meeting there . The account of the settlement given by the former , and the emotions excited in his own hypoait ! mind by his visit , are so interesting POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES . 75.
... , and other naval officers , whom I had the pleasure of meeting there . The account of the settlement given by the former , and the emotions excited in his own hypoait ! mind by his visit , are so interesting POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES . 75.
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... mind , that the account of their state , and the gratification experienced in the contemplation of it , was altogether of a temporal nature ; that the progress made towards civilization and earthly happiness , in consequence of the ...
... mind , that the account of their state , and the gratification experienced in the contemplation of it , was altogether of a temporal nature ; that the progress made towards civilization and earthly happiness , in consequence of the ...
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... minds of the natives , and a thousand delightful asso- ciations reviving in our bosoms the first time we mingled with a crowded evening congregation , we did not recom- mend our people to follow the example their ingenious neighbours ...
... minds of the natives , and a thousand delightful asso- ciations reviving in our bosoms the first time we mingled with a crowded evening congregation , we did not recom- mend our people to follow the example their ingenious neighbours ...
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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