 | William Ellis - 1829 - 576 páginas
...one occasion when a present was brought him of a turtle, which was always held sacred, and dressed with sacred fire within the precincts of the temple,...people around were astonished, and could hardly believe the king was in a state of sanity, or was really in earnest. The king repeated his direction ; a fire... | |
 | 1834 - 504 páginas
...occasion when a present was brought him of a turtle, which had always been held sacred, and dressed with sacred fire within the precincts of the temple,...people around were astonished, and could hardly believe the king was in a state of sanity, or was really in earnest. The king repeated his direction ; a fire... | |
 | William Ellis - 1831 - 472 páginas
...occasion when a present was brought him of a turtle, which had always been held sacre$, and dressed with sacred fire within the precincts of the temple,...people around were astonished, and could hardly believe the king was in a state of sanity, or was really in earnest. The king repeated his direction ; a fire... | |
 | William Ellis - 1833 - 334 páginas
...occasion when a present was brought him of a turtle, which had always been held sacred, and dressed with sacred fire within the precincts of the temple,...turtle to the marae, when Pomare called them back, and V>ld D2 them to prepare an oven to bake it in his own kitchen, and serve it up, without offering it... | |
 | 1834 - 544 páginas
...occasion when a present was brought him of a turtle, which had always been held sacred, and dressed with sacred fire within the precincts of the temple,...people around were astonished, and could hardly believe the king was in a state of sanity, or was really in earnest. The king repeated his direction ; a fire... | |
 | B. Francis - 1882 - 258 páginas
...idol. The attendants were about to carry this turtle to the temple, when, to their amazement, the king called them back, and told them to prepare an oven, to bake it in his own kitchen and serve it up ! He could hardly persuade the people that he was in earnest, and when at last he succeeded, they were... | |
 | George Thomas Bettany - 1891 - 298 páginas
...divinity. Fishes and birds were also among their divinities. The turtle was always held sacred, and dressed with sacred fire within the precincts of the temple, part of it being always offered to the idol. Spirits of deceased chiefs and relatives were E also worshipped, though... | |
 | Robert Wood Williamson - 1924 - 514 páginas
...and even to relatives of the royal family2. Ellis says the turtle was always held sacred and dressed with sacred fire within the precincts of the temple, part of it being always offered to the idol3. Williams says practically the same thing, and adds that only the king... | |
 | Robert Wood Williamson - 1924 - 512 páginas
...and even to relatives of the royal family2. Ellis says the turtle was always held sacred and dressed with sacred fire within the precincts of the temple, part of it being always offered to the idol3. Williams says practically the same thing, and adds that only the king... | |
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... of the true God. The natives had watched the change in his mind with the most fearful apprehension, as to its results upon the minds of his subjects. They were powerfully affected on one occasion when a present was brought him of a turtle, which had... 