Sketches of the History of Man ...: In Four Volumes ...W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, and W. Creech, 1778 |
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... alfo among many other ani- mals , probably among all that pair . 4 Another diftinction is equally visible : The master of a family is immediately connected with his country : his wife , his 13 !!体 1 * The chief quality of women , fays ...
... alfo among many other ani- mals , probably among all that pair . 4 Another diftinction is equally visible : The master of a family is immediately connected with his country : his wife , his 13 !!体 1 * The chief quality of women , fays ...
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... alfo hear of logical , metaphyfical , and commercial matters , without understanding a fyllable . Whence then their notion of marriage but from nature ? Marriage is a compound idea , which no instruction could bring within the ...
... alfo hear of logical , metaphyfical , and commercial matters , without understanding a fyllable . Whence then their notion of marriage but from nature ? Marriage is a compound idea , which no instruction could bring within the ...
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... alfo law in Monomotapa . Polyga- my and the purchafing wives were custom- ary among the original inhabitants of the Canary islands , and among the people of Chili . The low condition of women among barbarians introduced the purchafing ...
... alfo law in Monomotapa . Polyga- my and the purchafing wives were custom- ary among the original inhabitants of the Canary islands , and among the people of Chili . The low condition of women among barbarians introduced the purchafing ...
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... alfo depends on the nature of the matrimonial engagement . Where the law is , that a man must purchase his wife as one does a flave ; it follows naturally , that he may purchase as many as he can pay for , and that he may turn them off ...
... alfo depends on the nature of the matrimonial engagement . Where the law is , that a man must purchase his wife as one does a flave ; it follows naturally , that he may purchase as many as he can pay for , and that he may turn them off ...
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... alfo in fome measure , on the nature of the matrimonial engagement . Where wives are purchased and polygamy is indulged , adultery can fcarce be reckon- ed a crime in the husband ; and where there are a plurality of wives , found fenfe ...
... alfo in fome measure , on the nature of the matrimonial engagement . Where wives are purchased and polygamy is indulged , adultery can fcarce be reckon- ed a crime in the husband ; and where there are a plurality of wives , found fenfe ...
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Página 350 - ... if any one shall claim a power to lay and levy taxes on the people by his own authority, and without such consent of the people, he thereby invades the fundamental law of property, and subverts the end of government: for what property have I in that which another may by right take, when he pleases, to himself?
Página 298 - Rome des divisions; et ces guerriers si fiers, si audacieux, si terribles au dehors, ne pouvaient pas être bien modérés au dedans. Demander dans un État libre des gens hardis dans la guerre et timides dans la paix...
Página 93 - Gregarious birds pair, in order probably to prevent difcord, in a fociety confined to a narrow fpace. This is the cafe particularly of pigeons and rooks. The male and female fit on the eggs alternateN 2 ' '" ly, ly, and divide the care of feeding their young.
Página 10 - But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife ; and they twain shall be one flesh : so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Página 85 - ... that of beauty; she is the delight of her friends as formerly of her admirers.
Página 32 - ... wife is brought in upon us, who is permitted to abuse us and our children because we are no longer regarded. Can human nature endure such tyranny? What kindness can we show to our female children, equal to that of relieving them from such oppression, more bitter a thousand times than death? I say again, would to God that my mother had put me under ground the moment I was born !" Observe, this was not a peculiar case, but a national custom.
Página 27 - Wales, fays, that formerly they hardly ever married without a prior cohabitation ; it having been cuftomary for parents to let out their daughters to young men upon trial, for a fum of money told down, and under a penalty if the girls were returned.
Página 289 - I immediately repaired to him; and he had ftill fenfe enough to know me. He then faid, " And is he dead ?" " Who, my dear ? "
Página 298 - Demander dans un État libre des gens hardis dans la guerre et timides dans la paix, c'est vouloir des choses impossibles ; et, pour règle générale, toutes les fois qu'on verra tout le monde tranquille dans un État qui se donne le nom de République, on peut être assuré que la liberté n'y est pas.
Página 111 - On flesh days, (that is, when meat was not forbidden by the Catholic religion), through the year, breakfast for my lord and lady was a loaf of bread, two manchets, a quart of beer, a quart of wine, half a chine of mutton, or a chine of beef boiled.