 | John Williams - 1837 - 656 pages
...they greatly preferred their own, and there was not a single attempt at imitation. No sooner, however, were they brought under the influence of religion,...establish my assertion. While the natives are under the influence of their superstitions, they evince an inanity and torpor, from which no stimulus has proved... | |
 | 1838 - 492 pages
...they greatly preferred their own, and there was not a single attempt at imitation. No sooner, however, were they brought under the influence of religion,...establish my assertion. While the natives are under the influence of their superstitions, they evince an inanity and torpor, from which no stimulus has proved... | |
 | John Williams - 1840 - 174 pages
...of religion, than all of them, áven to the lowest, aspired to the possession of a gown, a honnet, and a shawl, that they might appear like Christian...establish my assertion. While the natives are under the influence of their superstitions, they evince an inanity and torpor, from which no stimulus has proved... | |
 | 1884 - 626 pages
...they greatly preferred their own, and there was not a single attempt at imitation. No sooner, however, were they brought under the influence of religion,...the possession of a gown, a bonnet, and a shawl." There is no mystery in this. We can easily understand the matter, and for the following reason —... | |
 | John Campbell - 1842 - 562 pages
...they greatly preferred their own, and there was not a single attempt at imitation. No sooner, however, were they brought under the influence of religion,...establish my assertion. While the natives are under the influence of their superstitions, they evince an inanity and torpor, from which no stimulus has proved... | |
 | 1845 - 378 pages
...attempt at imitation. No sooner, however, were they converted to the laws of the gospel, than they all aspired to the possession of a- gown, .a bonnet, and...shawl, that they might appear .like Christian women. In a word, while the islanders were under the influence of (heir superstitions, they were bound by... | |
 | Alexander Marjoribanks - 1845 - 190 pages
...of the missionaries' wives, but while heathen, they greatly preferred their own. No sooner, however, were they brought under the influence of religion than all of them aspired to the possession of a gown, a bonnet, and a shawl, that they might appear like Christian women.... | |
 | Ebenezer Prout - 1846 - 544 pages
...they greatly preferred their own, and there was not a single attempt at imitation. No sooner, however, were they brought under the influence of religion,...establish my assertion. While the natives are under the influence of their superstitions, they evince an inanity and torpor, from which no stimulus has proved... | |
 | John Kennedy - 1851 - 316 pages
...they greatly preferred their own, and there was not a single attempt at imitation. No sooner, however, were they brought under the influence of religion,...other changes of the same kind, but these will be suflicient to establish my assertion. \Vhilc the natives are under the influence of their superstitions,... | |
 | E. D. Moore - 1857 - 374 pages
...they greatly preferred their own, and there was not a single attempt at imitation. No sooner, however, were they brought under the influence of religion,...shawl, that they might appear like Christian women. In the South Sea Islands alone, many thousands of persons are at this moment wearing and using articles... | |
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