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... Tapu , or Taboo , is discussed in a very valuable essay by Mr. Taylor . He says , it may perhaps be most correctly defined as " a religious observance established for political purposes . " The definition will do less to make the matter ...
... Tapu , or Taboo , is discussed in a very valuable essay by Mr. Taylor . He says , it may perhaps be most correctly defined as " a religious observance established for political purposes . " The definition will do less to make the matter ...
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... tapu " was supposed to be in- flicted by 66 atuas , " who were the spirits of ancestors , who were often very capricious in their resentments , and who were quite as likely , if not more so , to visit the crime on their relative who ...
... tapu " was supposed to be in- flicted by 66 atuas , " who were the spirits of ancestors , who were often very capricious in their resentments , and who were quite as likely , if not more so , to visit the crime on their relative who ...
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... tapu , by his arbitrary will . Without the tapu , he was only ' he tangata noa , ' or common man , and this is what long deterred many high chiefs from embracing Christianity , lest they should lose this main support of their power ...
... tapu , by his arbitrary will . Without the tapu , he was only ' he tangata noa , ' or common man , and this is what long deterred many high chiefs from embracing Christianity , lest they should lose this main support of their power ...
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... tapu " was imposed by utter- ing a karakia , or charm . It was re- moved by a counter - spell . The Maori , before the introduction of Christianity , never did anything without uttering a karakia . They had charms for success in hunting ...
... tapu " was imposed by utter- ing a karakia , or charm . It was re- moved by a counter - spell . The Maori , before the introduction of Christianity , never did anything without uttering a karakia . They had charms for success in hunting ...
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... tapu removed , and the or- naments and implements which had been buried with him rendered again available for use , which , without the removal of the tapu , they could not have been . They have as many heavens as the Hindoos - as many ...
... tapu removed , and the or- naments and implements which had been buried with him rendered again available for use , which , without the removal of the tapu , they could not have been . They have as many heavens as the Hindoos - as many ...
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Página 4 - Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer : and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Página 619 - The star that bids the shepherd fold, Now the top of heaven doth hold ; And the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream, And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole, Pacing toward the other goal Of his chamber in the east.
Página 93 - There the wrinkled old Nokomis Nursed the little Hiawatha, Rocked him in his linden cradle, Bedded soft in moss and rushes, Safely bound with reindeer sinews; Stilled his fretful wail by saying, "Hush! the Naked Bear will hear thee'." Lulled him into slumber, singing, "Ewa-yea! my little owlet!
Página 94 - And a deer came down the pathway, Flecked with leafy light and shadow. And his heart within him fluttered, Trembled like the leaves above him, Like the birch-leaf palpitated, As the deer came down the pathway. Then, upon one knee uprising, Hiawatha aimed an arrow ; Scarce a twig moved with his motion, Scarce a leaf was stirred or rustled, But the wary roebuck started, Stamped with all his hoofs together, Listened with one foot uplifted, Leaped as if to meet the arrow ; Ah ! the singing, fatal arrow,...
Página 98 - Thus departed Hiawatha, Hiawatha the Beloved, In the glory of the sunset, In the purple mists of evening, To the regions of the home-wind, Of the Northwest wind, Keewaydin, To the Islands of the Blessed, To the kingdom of Ponemah, To the land of the Hereafter ! VOCABULAEY THE SONG OF HIAWATHA.
Página 500 - are most of them old decayed serving-men, and tapsters, and such kind of fellows ; and," said I, " their troops are Gentlemen's sons, younger sons and persons of quality : do you think that the spirits of such base and mean fellows will ever be able to encounter gentlemen, that have honor and courage and resolution in them...
Página 463 - This was the truest warrior That ever buckled sword, This the most gifted poet That ever breathed a word ; And never earth's philosopher Traced with his golden pen, On the deathless page, truths half so sage As he wrote down for men. And had he not high honor, — The hillside for...
Página 93 - Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple, Who have faith in God and Nature, Who believe, that in all ages Every human heart is human, That in even savage bosoms There are longings, yearnings, strivings For the good they comprehend not, That the feeble hands and helpless, Groping blindly in the darkness, Touch God's right hand in that darkness And are lifted up and strengthened...
Página 93 - Ye, who sometimes, in your rambles Through the green lanes of the country, Where the tangled barberry-bushes Hang their tufts of crimson berries Over stone walls gray with mosses, Pause by some neglected graveyard, For a while to muse, and ponder On a half-effaced inscription, Written with little skill of song-craft, Homely phrases, but each letter Full of hope and yet of heart-break, Full of all the tender pathos Of the Here and the Hereafter...
Página 462 - And no man saw it e'er; For the angels of God upturned the sod, And laid the dead man there. That was the grandest funeral That ever passed on earth...