Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... fame colour in every climate . What reafon is there to believe , that climate fhould have greater influence upon the colour of men than of flowers ? ward . ward ( a ) . And yet fome nations must 30 Of MEN , and Prel . Difc .
... fame colour in every climate . What reafon is there to believe , that climate fhould have greater influence upon the colour of men than of flowers ? ward . ward ( a ) . And yet fome nations must 30 Of MEN , and Prel . Difc .
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... greater progrefs in the arts of life , than the favage Canadians have done ; ill clothed ; and worfe lodged , having no light in their cabins but what came in through a hole in the roof . They were di- vided into small tribes , governed ...
... greater progrefs in the arts of life , than the favage Canadians have done ; ill clothed ; and worfe lodged , having no light in their cabins but what came in through a hole in the roof . They were di- vided into small tribes , governed ...
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... greater part of a nation is of one cha- racter , education and example may extend it over the whole ; but the character of that that greater part can have no foundation but nature . Prel . Difc . of LANGUAGES . 39.
... greater part of a nation is of one cha- racter , education and example may extend it over the whole ; but the character of that that greater part can have no foundation but nature . Prel . Difc . of LANGUAGES . 39.
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Lord Henry Home Kames. that greater part can have no foundation but nature . What refource then have we for explaining the oppofite manners of the iflanders above mentioned , but that they are of different races ? The fame doctrine is ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. that greater part can have no foundation but nature . What refource then have we for explaining the oppofite manners of the iflanders above mentioned , but that they are of different races ? The fame doctrine is ...
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... greater acuteness " of understanding , but lefs blood : on which ac- " count , in fighting they are deficient in firmness " and refolution ; and dread the being wounded , as " confcious of their want of blood . The northern " people ...
... greater acuteness " of understanding , but lefs blood : on which ac- " count , in fighting they are deficient in firmness " and refolution ; and dread the being wounded , as " confcious of their want of blood . The northern " people ...
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