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" Friendly and other islands which we visited, the thefts so frequently committed by the natives, of what we had brought along with us, may be fairly traced to less culpable motives. They seemed to arise, solely from an intense curiosity or desire to possess... "
The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Around the World - Page 435
by James Cook - 1821
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The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge

1784 - 862 pages
...<*ell be cunfidered as denoting a character flained with moral turpitude, with avarice unrellrained by the known rules of right, and with profligacy producing extreme indigence, and neglecting the n'eans of relieving it. But at the Friendly and other ifhnds which we vifited, the thefts, is now temperate...
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Annual Register, Volume 27

Edmund Burke - History - 1787 - 608 pages
...be confidered as denoting a charafter deeply ftained with moral turpitude, with avarice unreftrained by the known rules of right, and with profligacy producing extreme indigence, and neglefting the means of relieving it. But at the Friendly and other iflands which we vifited, the thefts,...
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A New, Authentic Collection of Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World ...

Voyages around the world - 1790 - 640 pages
...confidered as demoting a character deeply flained with moral turpitude, with avarice unrcft rained by the known rules of right, and with profligacy producing extreme indigence, and ne-- gleding the means of relieving it. But at the Friendly and- other iflands which we vifited, the...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 27

History - 1800 - 598 pages
...confidered as denoting a character deeply ßained with moral turpitude, wich avarice unreflraintdby the known rules of right, and with profligacy producing...means of relieving it. But at the Friendly and other iflands which we vilited, the thefts, fo frequently committed by the natives, of what we had brought...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 27

History - 1800 - 600 pages
...confidered as denoting a character deeply ftained with mo. ral turpitude, with avarice unreftraint'd by the known rules of right, and with profligacy producing extreme indigence, and neglf cling the means of relieving it. But at the Friendly and 'other iflands which we vifited, the...
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The World Displayed, Or, A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 10

Voyages and travels - 1815 - 476 pages
...with the glare of objects equally new to them as they were captivating. Stealing, among the civilized nations of the world, may well be considered as denoting...profligacy producing extreme indigence, and neglecting the allowable means of relieving it. But at the Friendly and other islands, the thefts so frequently committed...
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A Narrative of the Voyages Round the World: Performed by Captain ..., Volume 1

Andrew Kippis - Voyages around the world - 1826 - 464 pages
...with the glare of objects, equally new to them as they were captivating. Stealing, among the civilized nations of the world, may well be considered as denoting...deeply stained with moral turpitude; with avarice, uurestrained by the known rules of right; and with profligacy, producing extreme indigence, and neglecting...
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A Narrative of the Voyages Round the World Performed by Captain ..., Volumes 1-2

Andrew Kippis - Pacific Area - 1838 - 474 pages
...with the glare of objects, equally new to them as they were captivating. Stealing, among the civilized nations of the world, may well be considered as denoting...producing extreme indigence, and neglecting the means of relievmg it. But at the Friendly and other islands which we visited, the thefts, so frequently committed...
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The Voyages of Captain James Cook: Illustrated with Maps and Numerous ...

James Cook - Voyages and travels - 1842 - 644 pages
...the glare of objects equally new to them as they were captivating. Stealing, amongst the civilised and enlightened nations of the world, may well be...natives, of what we had brought along with us, may he fairly traced to less culpable motives. They seemed to arise solely from an intense curiosity or...
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A narrative of the voyages round the world performed by captain James Cook ...

Andrew Kippis - 1878 - 484 pages
...with the glare of objects equally new to them as they were captivating. Stealing among the civilized nations of the world may well be considered as denoting...islands which we visited the thefts so frequently cornmitted by the natives of what we had brought along with us may be fairly traced to less culpable...
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