Polynesia: A History of the South Sea Islands, Including New Zealand : with Narrative of the Introduction of Christianity, &cThomas Nelson, 1849 - 440 páginas |
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... miles in the one direction , and nearly 5600 miles in the other . The principal clusters are the Lad- rone Islands ; the Caroline ; the Pelew ; the Solomon ; New Hebrides ; the Fijee ; the Sandwich ; the Marque- sas ; the Low , Coral ...
... miles in the one direction , and nearly 5600 miles in the other . The principal clusters are the Lad- rone Islands ; the Caroline ; the Pelew ; the Solomon ; New Hebrides ; the Fijee ; the Sandwich ; the Marque- sas ; the Low , Coral ...
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... miles to the leeward of Turtle Island there was observed a con- siderable reef , over which the sea broke at all points , and no part of it was entirely under water . East and north - east of the Society group are numerous islets which ...
... miles to the leeward of Turtle Island there was observed a con- siderable reef , over which the sea broke at all points , and no part of it was entirely under water . East and north - east of the Society group are numerous islets which ...
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... mile . Against this barrier the long rolling waves of the ocean are driven with a terrific violence , and towering in one sheet to an immense height , dash themselves upon it with majestic power , though without producing any per ...
... mile . Against this barrier the long rolling waves of the ocean are driven with a terrific violence , and towering in one sheet to an immense height , dash themselves upon it with majestic power , though without producing any per ...
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... miles ; and these continually rising to view in spots where they were unknown before , endanger the navigation of many parts within the torrid zone . * There is reason to doubt whether the process be quite so rapid as these remarks ...
... miles ; and these continually rising to view in spots where they were unknown before , endanger the navigation of many parts within the torrid zone . * There is reason to doubt whether the process be quite so rapid as these remarks ...
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... miles distant from India ; a country where both the root and the habit of using it are thought to have originated . But such coincidences , though corroborative of an argument based on firmer ground , are too slight to support a ...
... miles distant from India ; a country where both the root and the habit of using it are thought to have originated . But such coincidences , though corroborative of an argument based on firmer ground , are too slight to support a ...
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afterwards Aitutaki appear Archipelago areois attended authority brethren CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ canoes Captain Cook ceremonies chiefs christian church civilisation civilized coast colony commander coral death desire discovered divine doubt Eimeo Ellis English Erromango established European faith favourable Fijee Georgian group gods gospel habits heathen hence human hundred idolatry idols improvement influence inhabitants instruction intercourse Isles king knowledge labours land language less Lond Lord Byron manifest manner means ment miles mind mission Missionary Society Mitiaro murder nation natives Navigators object observed occasion ocean origin Otaheitan Otaheite Owhyhee Pacific Pacific Ocean persons Pitcairn's Island Pomare Port Jackson possession prayer present principles Raiatea Rarotonga received religion religious remarks residence respect sacred Sandwich Islands savage ship shore Society Islands soon South Sea South Sea Islands spirit station superstition supplied teachers thousand tion Tonga tribes vessel visited Voyage whole worship Zealand
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Página 427 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Página 382 - 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.
Página 382 - Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am the LORD.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 66 - 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.
Página 100 - 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.
Página 382 - 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.
Página 374 - When asked why he did not try to turn the minds of his people to agriculture, he said it was impossible ; ' that if you told a New Zealander to work, he fell asleep ; but if you spoke of fighting, he opened his eyes as wide as a teacup ; that the whole bent of his mind was war, and that he looked upon fighting as fun.
Página 281 - At every eruption, it made a long rumbling noise like that of thunder, or the blowing up of large mines. A heavy shower of rain, which fell at this time, seemed to increase it ; and the wind blowing from the same quarter, the air was loaded with its ashes, which fell so thick that every thing was covered with the dust. It was a kind of fine sand or stone, ground or burnt to powder, and was exceedingly troublesome to the eyes.