Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... Romans in arms , and for the extent of their empire . For as the planet Jupiter lies between EL the fervid heat of Mars and the bitter " cold of Saturn ; fo Italy , in the middle " of the temperate zone poffeffes all that " is ...
... Romans in arms , and for the extent of their empire . For as the planet Jupiter lies between EL the fervid heat of Mars and the bitter " cold of Saturn ; fo Italy , in the middle " of the temperate zone poffeffes all that " is ...
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... ftill more extraordinary might have been quoted from Greek and Roman writers : but truth has no occafion for artifice ; and I would not take advan- tage The tage of celebrated names to vouch facts that appear Prel . Difc . of LANGUAGES .
... ftill more extraordinary might have been quoted from Greek and Roman writers : but truth has no occafion for artifice ; and I would not take advan- tage The tage of celebrated names to vouch facts that appear Prel . Difc . of LANGUAGES .
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... Romans made an illuftrious figure in poetry , rhetoric , and all the fine arts ; but they were little better than no- vices in natural history . More than half of the globe was to them the Terra Auftra- lis incognita ; and imagination ...
... Romans made an illuftrious figure in poetry , rhetoric , and all the fine arts ; but they were little better than no- vices in natural history . More than half of the globe was to them the Terra Auftra- lis incognita ; and imagination ...
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... Romans were at that time ex- tremely credulous , being lefs acquainted with neighbouring nations , than we are with the Antipodes . Varro , in his trea- tife De re ruftica , reports it as an undoubt- ed truth , that in Lufitania mares ...
... Romans were at that time ex- tremely credulous , being lefs acquainted with neighbouring nations , than we are with the Antipodes . Varro , in his trea- tife De re ruftica , reports it as an undoubt- ed truth , that in Lufitania mares ...
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... Roman empire . " Ces ef- " faims de Barbares qui fortirent autrefois du nord , " ne paroiffent plus aujourd'hui . Les violences dès " Romains avoient fait retirer les peuple du midi au " nord : tandis que la force qui les contenoit ...
... Roman empire . " Ces ef- " faims de Barbares qui fortirent autrefois du nord , " ne paroiffent plus aujourd'hui . Les violences dès " Romains avoient fait retirer les peuple du midi au " nord : tandis que la force qui les contenoit ...
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