Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... single in- ftance where in fuch a climate people have retained their original vigour . Several Eu- ropean colonies have fubfifted in the torrid zone of America more than two centuries ; and yet even that length of time has not ...
... single in- ftance where in fuch a climate people have retained their original vigour . Several Eu- ropean colonies have fubfifted in the torrid zone of America more than two centuries ; and yet even that length of time has not ...
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... , for want of understand- ing , none of the kind can form a single sentence . Has an Oran Outang understanding to form a mental pro- position ? guage of men had not been confounded upon their undertaking Prel . Difc . of LANGUAGES . 79.
... , for want of understand- ing , none of the kind can form a single sentence . Has an Oran Outang understanding to form a mental pro- position ? guage of men had not been confounded upon their undertaking Prel . Difc . of LANGUAGES . 79.
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... single instance , made no obftruction to literature , it ha- ving been the politic of that reign to hide . power as much as poffible . A fimilar re- volution happened in Tufcany about three centuries ago . That country was divided into ...
... single instance , made no obftruction to literature , it ha- ving been the politic of that reign to hide . power as much as poffible . A fimilar re- volution happened in Tufcany about three centuries ago . That country was divided into ...
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... single disease . In me- chanic arts , that mode is excellent . As a hand confined to a fingle operation be- comes both expert and expeditious , a me- chanic art is perfected by having its diffe- rent operations distributed among the ...
... single disease . In me- chanic arts , that mode is excellent . As a hand confined to a fingle operation be- comes both expert and expeditious , a me- chanic art is perfected by having its diffe- rent operations distributed among the ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames. ration , confines the mind to a single object , and excludes all thought and invention : ia fuch a train of life , the operator be- comes dull and stupid , like a beast of bur- den . The difference is visible in ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. ration , confines the mind to a single object , and excludes all thought and invention : ia fuch a train of life , the operator be- comes dull and stupid , like a beast of bur- den . The difference is visible in ...
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