 | William Ellis - 1829 - 606 pàgines
...native cloth, worn round one arm, was an indication of inspiration, or of the indwelling of the god in the individual who wore it. The acts of the man during...to the king's interests, but a personal friend of Poinare, left the royal camp, and went over to that of the enemy. Many of Pomare's friends endeavoured... | |
 | William Ellis - 1833 - 342 pàgines
...the latter became violently agitated, and worked himself up to the highest pitch of apparent phrensy, the muscles of the limbs seemed convulsed, the body...his expressions, and the whole of his deportment. PUBLIC EXPOSURE OF PRIESTCRAFT. 287 1 In the year 1808, during the civil war between the king and rebel... | |
 | Traugott K. Oesterreich - 1999 - 416 pàgines
...some other ancestor may declare himself. 1 Of the Southern Islands of the Pacific Ocean Ellis writes: Appearing to the priest in a dream of the night, though...his expressions, and the whole of his deportment. 2 America has a surprise in store for us. Up to the present not one single account of spontaneous possession... | |
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... the muscles of the limbs seemed convulsed, the body swelled, the countenance became terrific, the features distorted, and the eyes wild and strained. In this state he often rolled on the earth, foaming at the mouth, as if labouring under the influence... 