Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen3A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... evidence , that a fpirit of industry is perfectly compatible with a militia : the Swifs , it is true , may be termed industrious ; but their industry is confined to neceffaries and convenien- cies : they are lefs ambitious of wealth ...
... evidence , that a fpirit of industry is perfectly compatible with a militia : the Swifs , it is true , may be termed industrious ; but their industry is confined to neceffaries and convenien- cies : they are lefs ambitious of wealth ...
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... evidence of a diftinct race . There were lately at London , two Efquimaux men and their wives ; and I have the best au- thority to affirm , that the men had a beard , thin indeed like that of a Nogayan Tartar ; that they were not of a ...
... evidence of a diftinct race . There were lately at London , two Efquimaux men and their wives ; and I have the best au- thority to affirm , that the men had a beard , thin indeed like that of a Nogayan Tartar ; that they were not of a ...
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... evidence of their frigidity ; for among favages the au- thority of law , or of opinion , feldom pre- vails over any strong appetite : vain would be the attempt to restrain them from fpi- rituous liquers , tho ' much more debili- tating ...
... evidence of their frigidity ; for among favages the au- thority of law , or of opinion , feldom pre- vails over any strong appetite : vain would be the attempt to restrain them from fpi- rituous liquers , tho ' much more debili- tating ...
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... evidence , that the arts of peace were there carried to a great height . The city of Mexico contained 60,000 families ; and Montezuma had thirty vaffals who could bring into the field , each of them , 100,000 fighting men . Tlafcalla ...
... evidence , that the arts of peace were there carried to a great height . The city of Mexico contained 60,000 families ; and Montezuma had thirty vaffals who could bring into the field , each of them , 100,000 fighting men . Tlafcalla ...
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... and superstition , can- not long fubfift in vigour . However that be , fuch belief of the origin of the Incas , is evidence of great virtue and modera- tion in that family ; for any grofs act of tion 180 B. II . CIVIL SOCIETY .
... and superstition , can- not long fubfift in vigour . However that be , fuch belief of the origin of the Incas , is evidence of great virtue and modera- tion in that family ; for any grofs act of tion 180 B. II . CIVIL SOCIETY .
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