Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... ancient custom in A- frica of dying the fkin black . Let a Eu- ropean for years expofe himself to the fun in a hot climate , till he be quite brown , his children will nevertheless have the fame complexion with thofe in Europe . • The ...
... ancient custom in A- frica of dying the fkin black . Let a Eu- ropean for years expofe himself to the fun in a hot climate , till he be quite brown , his children will nevertheless have the fame complexion with thofe in Europe . • The ...
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... ancient practice of expofing them . The affection of the mother commences with the birth of the child ; and , had the a vote , no infant would ever be destroyed . But as the affection of the father begins much later , the practice of ...
... ancient practice of expofing them . The affection of the mother commences with the birth of the child ; and , had the a vote , no infant would ever be destroyed . But as the affection of the father begins much later , the practice of ...
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... ancient writers , even when they re- late and believe facts to us incredible . Men at that period were ignorant in a great meafure of nature , and of the limits of her operations . One conceffion will chear- fully be made to me , that ...
... ancient writers , even when they re- late and believe facts to us incredible . Men at that period were ignorant in a great meafure of nature , and of the limits of her operations . One conceffion will chear- fully be made to me , that ...
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... it appears to me that we must have recourse to the faculty mentioned acting against mechanical principles . ( a ) Book 4. of the Odyssey . life of St Columba . The ancient Caledo- nians depended life 88 MEN independent of Society . B. I..
... it appears to me that we must have recourse to the faculty mentioned acting against mechanical principles . ( a ) Book 4. of the Odyssey . life of St Columba . The ancient Caledo- nians depended life 88 MEN independent of Society . B. I..
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Lord Henry Home Kames. life of St Columba . The ancient Caledo- nians depended almost entirely on deer for food ; because in a cold country the fruits that grow fpontaneoufly afford little nou- rishment ; and domestic animals , which at ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. life of St Columba . The ancient Caledo- nians depended almost entirely on deer for food ; because in a cold country the fruits that grow fpontaneoufly afford little nou- rishment ; and domestic animals , which at ...
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