A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 100
... King Pomare V. was persuaded by the commandant to cede the nominal sovereignty of the isles to those who had so long held its reality , and to accept a life - pension of 12,000 dollars a - year , which he might enjoy in peace in his own ...
... King Pomare V. was persuaded by the commandant to cede the nominal sovereignty of the isles to those who had so long held its reality , and to accept a life - pension of 12,000 dollars a - year , which he might enjoy in peace in his own ...
Page 193
... King Pomare , Queen Idia , and the chiefs , who seem to have expected that they would prove not merely sources of wealth , by distributing barter , but also able assistants in the art of war . But when the new - comers were found to be ...
... King Pomare , Queen Idia , and the chiefs , who seem to have expected that they would prove not merely sources of wealth , by distributing barter , but also able assistants in the art of war . But when the new - comers were found to be ...
Page 195
... King Pomare , Otu his son , and all the chiefs and warriors of the isle , had assembled at the great marae at Atehuru , where many fatted pigs were offered on the altar , while the surrounding trees were adorned with the ghastly corpses ...
... King Pomare , Otu his son , and all the chiefs and warriors of the isle , had assembled at the great marae at Atehuru , where many fatted pigs were offered on the altar , while the surrounding trees were adorned with the ghastly corpses ...
Page 199
... King Pomare had fled from his enemies . Various attempts were made on their lives , happily without fatal result ; and they continued to work as best they could till the year 1812 , when , at the invitation of King Pomare , those who ...
... King Pomare had fled from his enemies . Various attempts were made on their lives , happily without fatal result ; and they continued to work as best they could till the year 1812 , when , at the invitation of King Pomare , those who ...
Page 201
... King Pomare to an exceeding long- ing for a better faith and purer life than that of their fathers . Glimmerings of light had also found their way to the Paumotu and other neighbouring isles , and by the close of 1814 there was reason ...
... King Pomare to an exceeding long- ing for a better faith and purer life than that of their fathers . Glimmerings of light had also found their way to the Paumotu and other neighbouring isles , and by the close of 1814 there was reason ...
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