Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... fubject , and TH has been in every age the chief inquiry of philofophers . The faculties of the mind have been explored ; and the af- fections of the heart ; but there is fill wanting a history of the fpecies , in its progrefs from the ...
... fubject , and TH has been in every age the chief inquiry of philofophers . The faculties of the mind have been explored ; and the af- fections of the heart ; but there is fill wanting a history of the fpecies , in its progrefs from the ...
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... fubject to which little attention has been given . It lies too far out of fight to expect a complete dif- covery ; but facts carefully collected might afford fome glimmering of light . In that view , I mention the following fact . The ...
... fubject to which little attention has been given . It lies too far out of fight to expect a complete dif- covery ; but facts carefully collected might afford fome glimmering of light . In that view , I mention the following fact . The ...
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... nature teaches to hide . But a fpecimen . is fufficient here , as the fubject will be fully illuftrated in the sketch referred to above . The The kindness of fome tribes to ftrangers deferves more attention 32 Prel . Difc . Of MEN , and.
... nature teaches to hide . But a fpecimen . is fufficient here , as the fubject will be fully illuftrated in the sketch referred to above . The The kindness of fome tribes to ftrangers deferves more attention 32 Prel . Difc . Of MEN , and.
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... fubject leads me in this public manner to differ from him with refpect to the latter . The character he gives in ge- . neral to all favages , is indeed applicable to many favage tribes , our European fore- fathers in particular ; but ...
... fubject leads me in this public manner to differ from him with refpect to the latter . The character he gives in ge- . neral to all favages , is indeed applicable to many favage tribes , our European fore- fathers in particular ; but ...
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... fubject obferves , that like plants we are formed by the climate ; and that as fruits derive their tafte from the foil , men de- rive their character and difpofition from the air they breathe . " The English , " fays he , " owe to the ...
... fubject obferves , that like plants we are formed by the climate ; and that as fruits derive their tafte from the foil , men de- rive their character and difpofition from the air they breathe . " The English , " fays he , " owe to the ...
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