Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... fitted for every climate ; and from experience we alfo learn , that there is no animal nor vegetable but what is fitted for fome climate , where it grows to perfection . Even in the torrid zone , plants of a cold climate are found upon ...
... fitted for every climate ; and from experience we alfo learn , that there is no animal nor vegetable but what is fitted for fome climate , where it grows to perfection . Even in the torrid zone , plants of a cold climate are found upon ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames .38 mel is peculiarly fitted for the burning fands of Arabia ; and Lapland would be uninhabitable but for rain - deer , an animal fo entirely fitted for piercing cold , that it cannot fubfift even in a temperate ...
Lord Henry Home Kames .38 mel is peculiarly fitted for the burning fands of Arabia ; and Lapland would be uninhabitable but for rain - deer , an animal fo entirely fitted for piercing cold , that it cannot fubfift even in a temperate ...
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... fitted the produc- tions of nature for different climates , but has guarded thefe productions against the extremities of the wea- ther in the fame climate . Many plants clofe their leaves during night ; and fome clofe them at mid - day ...
... fitted the produc- tions of nature for different climates , but has guarded thefe productions against the extremities of the wea- ther in the fame climate . Many plants clofe their leaves during night ; and fome clofe them at mid - day ...
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... fitted equally for every climate . Is there not then reason to conclude , that as there are different climates , fo there are different fpecies of men fitted for thefe different cli- mates ? The inhabitants of the frozen re- gions of ...
... fitted equally for every climate . Is there not then reason to conclude , that as there are different climates , fo there are different fpecies of men fitted for thefe different cli- mates ? The inhabitants of the frozen re- gions of ...
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... fitted by nature ; and I know not of a single in- ftance where in fuch a climate people have retained their original vigour . Several Eu- ropean colonies have fubfifted in the torrid zone of America more than two centuries ; and yet ...
... fitted by nature ; and I know not of a single in- ftance where in fuch a climate people have retained their original vigour . Several Eu- ropean colonies have fubfifted in the torrid zone of America more than two centuries ; and yet ...
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