Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... enemy till they were in its clutches . A hare flies with precipitation from the first dog it ever faw ; and a chicken , upon the fight of a kite , cowers under its dam . Social ani- mals , without fcruple , connect with their Brute ...
... enemy till they were in its clutches . A hare flies with precipitation from the first dog it ever faw ; and a chicken , upon the fight of a kite , cowers under its dam . Social ani- mals , without fcruple , connect with their Brute ...
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... enemy . They appear to be as little afraid of a man natu- rally ; and upon that account are far from being thy when left unmolefted . In the uninhabited ifland of Vifia Grandé , one of the Philippines , Kempfer says , that birds may be ...
... enemy . They appear to be as little afraid of a man natu- rally ; and upon that account are far from being thy when left unmolefted . In the uninhabited ifland of Vifia Grandé , one of the Philippines , Kempfer says , that birds may be ...
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... enemy to courage . The inhabitants of New Zealand are the moft intrepid , and the least apt to be alarmed at danger . The Giagas are a fierce and bold people in the midst of the torrid zone of Africa ; and fo are the Anfieki , bordering ...
... enemy to courage . The inhabitants of New Zealand are the moft intrepid , and the least apt to be alarmed at danger . The Giagas are a fierce and bold people in the midst of the torrid zone of Africa ; and fo are the Anfieki , bordering ...
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... enemies . And yet these people are abundantly free . Their want of active courage is the more furprising , because they make no difficulty of fuicide when they fall into any diftrefs . But their paffive courage is equal to that of the A ...
... enemies . And yet these people are abundantly free . Their want of active courage is the more furprising , because they make no difficulty of fuicide when they fall into any diftrefs . But their paffive courage is equal to that of the A ...
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... enemy in battle . The Malayans and Scandinavians live in oppofite climates , and yet are equally courageous . Providence has placed thefe nations , each of them , in its proper climate cold would benumb a Malayan in Sweden , heat would ...
... enemy in battle . The Malayans and Scandinavians live in oppofite climates , and yet are equally courageous . Providence has placed thefe nations , each of them , in its proper climate cold would benumb a Malayan in Sweden , heat would ...
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