Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... caufe ? A partridge , a plover , a pheafant , would be loft to man for food , were they natu- rally as much afraid of him as of a hawk or a kite . We The divifion of animals into different kinds , ferves another purpofe , no lefs im ...
... caufe ? A partridge , a plover , a pheafant , would be loft to man for food , were they natu- rally as much afraid of him as of a hawk or a kite . We The divifion of animals into different kinds , ferves another purpofe , no lefs im ...
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... caufe ? The celebrated Linnæus , inftead of de- fcribing every animal according to its kind , as Adam our firft parent did , has wan- dered far from nature in claffing animals . He diftributes them into fix claffes , viz . Mammalia ...
... caufe ? The celebrated Linnæus , inftead of de- fcribing every animal according to its kind , as Adam our firft parent did , has wan- dered far from nature in claffing animals . He diftributes them into fix claffes , viz . Mammalia ...
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... caufe , can account for the copper colour and finooth chin univerfal among the Americans , the prominence of the pu- denda univerfal among Hottentot women , or the black nipple no lefs univerfal among female Samoides ? The thick fogs of ...
... caufe , can account for the copper colour and finooth chin univerfal among the Americans , the prominence of the pu- denda univerfal among Hottentot women , or the black nipple no lefs univerfal among female Samoides ? The thick fogs of ...
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... caufe . Such effects cannot be accidental , more than the uniformity of male and female births in all countries and at all times . They cannot be account- ed for from education nor from example ; which indeed may contribute to spread a ...
... caufe . Such effects cannot be accidental , more than the uniformity of male and female births in all countries and at all times . They cannot be account- ed for from education nor from example ; which indeed may contribute to spread a ...
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... caufe for such steady uni- formity but diversity of race . The northern nations of Europe and Afia have at all times been remarkable for courage . Lucan endeavours to account for the courage of the Scandinavians from a firm belief ...
... caufe for such steady uni- formity but diversity of race . The northern nations of Europe and Afia have at all times been remarkable for courage . Lucan endeavours to account for the courage of the Scandinavians from a firm belief ...
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