Myths and Songs from the South PacificH. S. King & Company, 1876 - 328 pagini |
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... Islands , & c . " The narrative is calm , sensible , and manly , and preserves many interesting facts in a convenient shape . " - Literary Churchman . A YACHTING CRUISE IN THE SOUTH SEAS . By C. F. WoOD . Demy 8vo . , with six ...
... Islands , & c . " The narrative is calm , sensible , and manly , and preserves many interesting facts in a convenient shape . " - Literary Churchman . A YACHTING CRUISE IN THE SOUTH SEAS . By C. F. WoOD . Demy 8vo . , with six ...
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... island of Mangaia , when Mr. Gill went there as a missionary twenty - two years ago , and which , as they died away before his eyes , he carefully described to us from what he saw himself , from what the last depositaries of the old ...
... island of Mangaia , when Mr. Gill went there as a missionary twenty - two years ago , and which , as they died away before his eyes , he carefully described to us from what he saw himself , from what the last depositaries of the old ...
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... islands in the South Pacific , lying between the 19 ° and 22 ° parallels of S. latitude and 157 ° and 160 ° of W. longitude . He has sought to reproduce , as nearly as possible , the tradi- tionary beliefs of a small section of the ...
... islands in the South Pacific , lying between the 19 ° and 22 ° parallels of S. latitude and 157 ° and 160 ° of W. longitude . He has sought to reproduce , as nearly as possible , the tradi- tionary beliefs of a small section of the ...
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... island in the group had a dialect , a history , and a worship of its own . The language of ancient Polynesian * Science of Religion , p . 118 . song is not that now spoken ; bearing the same XX Introductory Remarks .
... island in the group had a dialect , a history , and a worship of its own . The language of ancient Polynesian * Science of Religion , p . 118 . song is not that now spoken ; bearing the same XX Introductory Remarks .
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... the mythology of many other islands ; substituting , for instance , " Tahiti " for Mangaia , " as the land where egress and ingress to Avaiki exist . 66 stronger than the former one . But the thickest part 2 Myths and Songs .
... the mythology of many other islands ; substituting , for instance , " Tahiti " for Mangaia , " as the land where egress and ingress to Avaiki exist . 66 stronger than the former one . But the thickest part 2 Myths and Songs .
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