Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... should na- turally render them indolent and effemi- nate ; a country abounding with variety of exquifite fruits and odoriferous flowers in endlefs fucceffion , fufficient to fink any other people into voluptuoufnefs . They are a ...
... should na- turally render them indolent and effemi- nate ; a country abounding with variety of exquifite fruits and odoriferous flowers in endlefs fucceffion , fufficient to fink any other people into voluptuoufnefs . They are a ...
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... should fhar- ' pen the understanding , and cold blunt " it . Thus the fouthern nations are rea- dy in counfel , and acute in thought ; " but make no figure in war , their cou- " " 66 rage being exhaufted by the heat of " the fun . The ...
... should fhar- ' pen the understanding , and cold blunt " it . Thus the fouthern nations are rea- dy in counfel , and acute in thought ; " but make no figure in war , their cou- " " 66 rage being exhaufted by the heat of " the fun . The ...
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... should not fometimes employ that " fatal poifon for gratifying hatred , jealou- fy , or revenge . But in a ftate of nature , though there are few restraints , there are " alfo fewer temptations to vice ; and the " different tribes are ...
... should not fometimes employ that " fatal poifon for gratifying hatred , jealou- fy , or revenge . But in a ftate of nature , though there are few restraints , there are " alfo fewer temptations to vice ; and the " different tribes are ...
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... should not have got the start of me ; " but I fhall die fatisfied , having fhow'd ་ you that fword is as good as yours . " The fame author gives an inftance of un- common ferocity in the Japanese , blended with manners highly polished ...
... should not have got the start of me ; " but I fhall die fatisfied , having fhow'd ་ you that fword is as good as yours . " The fame author gives an inftance of un- common ferocity in the Japanese , blended with manners highly polished ...
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... should be divided into different kinds , fitted for different cli- mates . Without an immediate change of bodily constitution , the builders of Babel could not poffibly have fubfifted in the burning region of Guinea , nor in the fro ...
... should be divided into different kinds , fitted for different cli- mates . Without an immediate change of bodily constitution , the builders of Babel could not poffibly have fubfifted in the burning region of Guinea , nor in the fro ...
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