Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... extremely foggy ; and the natives are fitted for that fort of weather , by the rigidity of their fibres . The fog is difpelled in July and Auguft by dry winds ; which give vigour to Europeans , whofe fibres are relaxed by a moift ...
... extremely foggy ; and the natives are fitted for that fort of weather , by the rigidity of their fibres . The fog is difpelled in July and Auguft by dry winds ; which give vigour to Europeans , whofe fibres are relaxed by a moift ...
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... extremely hot , having no fea - breeze to cool the air : Europeans there die so fast , that they have not time to de- generate . Even in Jamaica , though more . temperate by a regular fucceffion of land and fea - breezes , recruits from ...
... extremely hot , having no fea - breeze to cool the air : Europeans there die so fast , that they have not time to de- generate . Even in Jamaica , though more . temperate by a regular fucceffion of land and fea - breezes , recruits from ...
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... extremely civil , and appeared to have no averfion to ftran- gers . The island of Oahena , north - west from that of Otaheite , is a delightful spot ; the foil fertile , and the fhores adorned with fruit - trees of various kinds . The ...
... extremely civil , and appeared to have no averfion to ftran- gers . The island of Oahena , north - west from that of Otaheite , is a delightful spot ; the foil fertile , and the fhores adorned with fruit - trees of various kinds . The ...
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... extremely numerous ; and , in the course of the prefent undertaking , there will be occafion to mark feveral of them .. " How finely are the external " parts of animals adjufted to their internal difpofi “ tions ! That ftrong and ...
... extremely numerous ; and , in the course of the prefent undertaking , there will be occafion to mark feveral of them .. " How finely are the external " parts of animals adjufted to their internal difpofi “ tions ! That ftrong and ...
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... extremely cold . A certain place near the fource of the river Kavamhuran , and within 80 leagues of the great wall , was found by Father Verbeift to be 3000 geometrical paces above the level of the fea . Thus the Tartars , like the ...
... extremely cold . A certain place near the fource of the river Kavamhuran , and within 80 leagues of the great wall , was found by Father Verbeift to be 3000 geometrical paces above the level of the fea . Thus the Tartars , like the ...
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