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" Otaheite are handsome, mild and cheerful in their manners and conversation, possessed of great sensibility, and have sufficient delicacy to make them admired and beloved. The chiefs were so much attached to our people, that they rather encouraged their... "
Voyages Round the World, from the Death of Captain Cook to the Present Time ... - Page 147
by Andrew Kippis - 1843 - 448 pages
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An Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and ..., Volume 6

William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 366 pages
...temptation was the sensual pleasures of Otaheite. " The women there," to use the words of Captain Bligh, " are handsome, mild, and cheerful in their manners...have sufficient delicacy to make them admired and heloved." The chiefs, too, were much attached to the English, and had even promised them large possessions,...
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Christina, the Maid of the South Seas: A Poem

Mary Russell Mitford - 1811 - 368 pages
...to some female connexions, most probably occasioned the whole transaction. " The women at Otaheite are handsome, mild, and cheerful in their manners...have sufficient delicacy to make them admired and beloved. The chiefs were so much attached to our people, that they rather encouraged their stay among...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 218

1925 - 948 pages
...his frank eighteenthcentury fashion, tells us all about it. " The women of Otaheite," he writes, " are handsome, mild, and cheerful in their manners...have sufficient delicacy to make them admired and beloved. The chiefs were so much attached to our people that they rather encouraged their stay among...
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Narrative of Voyages and Travels in the Northern and Southern ..., Volume 1

Amasa Delano - 1817 - 622 pages
...some female connextons most probably occasioned the whole transaction. k' The women at Otaheite arc handsome, mild and cheerful in their manners and conversation,...have sufficient delicacy to make them admired and beloved. The chiefs were so much attached to our people, that they rather encouraged their stay among...
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A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the ..., Volume 4

R. P. Forster - 1818 - 592 pages
...principal cause of the whole transaction. The women at Otaheite are handsome, mild, and cheer* ful in their manners and conversation, possessed of great...have sufficient delicacy to make them admired and beloved. The chiefs were so much attached to our people, that they rather encouraged their stay among...
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The works of lord Byron, containing Werner, Heaven and earth, Morgante ...

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 648 pages
...probably occasioned the whole transaction. The women of Otaheite are handsome, mild, and cheerful in manners and conversation; possessed of great sensibility, and have sufficient delicacy to make them be admired and beloved. The chiefs were so much attached to our people, that they rather encouraged...
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The complete works of lord Byron with a biogr. and critical ..., Volumes 5-6

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 1016 pages
...probably occasioned the whole transaction. The women of Otaheite are handsome, mild, and cheerful in manners and conversation ; possessed of great sensibility, and have sufficient delicacy to make them he admired and beloved. The chiefs were so much attached to our people, that they rather encouraged...
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The Life, Writings, Opinions, and Times of the Right Hon. George ..., Volume 2

1825 - 422 pages
...occasioned so much intoxication and infatuation. The women of Otaheite are handsome, mild, and cheerful, in manners and conversation ; possessed of great sensibility, and have sufficient delicacy to make them be admired and beloved. The chiefs were so much attached to the English people, that they rather encouraged...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Including the Suppressed Poems. Complete in One Volume

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
...probably occasioned the whole transaction. The women of Otaheitc are handsome, mild, and cheerful in manners and conversation; possessed of great sensibility, and have sufficient delicacy to make them beadmired and beloved. The chiefs were so much attached to our people, that they rather encouraged...
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The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H. M. S. Bounty ...

Sir John Barrow - 1831 - 392 pages
...— " Huzza for Otaheite ! " — was frequently heard among the mutineers. ' The women of Otaheite are handsome, mild and cheerful in their manners and...have sufficient delicacy to make them admired and beloved. The chiefs were so much attached to our people, that they rather encouraged their stay among...
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