Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... carry back to the creation the camel and the dromedary as two diftinct races , I defire no other conceffion . He admits no fewer than ten kinds of goats , visibly diftinguishable , which also propagate to- gether ; but fays , that thefe ...
... carry back to the creation the camel and the dromedary as two diftinct races , I defire no other conceffion . He admits no fewer than ten kinds of goats , visibly diftinguishable , which also propagate to- gether ; but fays , that thefe ...
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... carry . Is it conceivable , that fuch different inftincts , conftantly the fame in the fame fpecies , can proceed from climate , from mixture of breed , or from other accidental caufe ? The celebrated Linnæus , inftead of de- fcribing ...
... carry . Is it conceivable , that fuch different inftincts , conftantly the fame in the fame fpecies , can proceed from climate , from mixture of breed , or from other accidental caufe ? The celebrated Linnæus , inftead of de- fcribing ...
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... carried into a deep valley furrounded with rocks ; where they were inftantly attacked on e- very fide with large ftones : with difficulty they made their efcape , but not without leaving feveral dead upon the field . In Commodore ...
... carried into a deep valley furrounded with rocks ; where they were inftantly attacked on e- very fide with large ftones : with difficulty they made their efcape , but not without leaving feveral dead upon the field . In Commodore ...
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... carried to a country where horfes are in perfection , their progeny will improve gradually , and will acquire in time the perfection of their kind . Is not this a proof , that all horfes horfes are of one kind ? If fo , men 74 Prel ...
... carried to a country where horfes are in perfection , their progeny will improve gradually , and will acquire in time the perfection of their kind . Is not this a proof , that all horfes horfes are of one kind ? If fo , men 74 Prel ...
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... carried along to every new fettlement . In particular , the colonies planted in America and the South Sea islands , must have been highly polished ; because , being at the greateft diftance , they probably were the lateft . And And yet ...
... carried along to every new fettlement . In particular , the colonies planted in America and the South Sea islands , must have been highly polished ; because , being at the greateft diftance , they probably were the lateft . And And yet ...
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