Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... hunting . In the uninhabited ifland Bering , adjacent to * The populace about Smyrna have a cruel amufe- ment . They lay the eggs of a hen in a stork's nest . Upon feeing the chickens , the male in amazement calls his neighbouring ...
... hunting . In the uninhabited ifland Bering , adjacent to * The populace about Smyrna have a cruel amufe- ment . They lay the eggs of a hen in a stork's nest . Upon feeing the chickens , the male in amazement calls his neighbouring ...
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... hunting are " honourable profeffions . " Before fub- fcribing to this doctrine , I wish to be fa- tisfied of a few particulars . Is our author certain , that inhabitants of cold countries have the greatest quantity of blood ? And is he ...
... hunting are " honourable profeffions . " Before fub- fcribing to this doctrine , I wish to be fa- tisfied of a few particulars . Is our author certain , that inhabitants of cold countries have the greatest quantity of blood ? And is he ...
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... hunting and fishing . Thus , had not men wildly attempted to build a tower whose top might reach to heaven , all men would not only have had the fame language , but would have made the fame progrefs towards maturity of knowledge and ...
... hunting and fishing . Thus , had not men wildly attempted to build a tower whose top might reach to heaven , all men would not only have had the fame language , but would have made the fame progrefs towards maturity of knowledge and ...
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... hunt- ed , there is a contrivance of nature , no less fimple than effectual , which engages men to bear with chearfulness the fatigues of hunting , hunting , and the uncertainty of capture ; and that BOOK I Progrefs of Men independent ...
... hunt- ed , there is a contrivance of nature , no less fimple than effectual , which engages men to bear with chearfulness the fatigues of hunting , hunting , and the uncertainty of capture ; and that BOOK I Progrefs of Men independent ...
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... hunting . not fufficient : favages who act by fenfe , not by forefight , move not when the ftomach is full ; and it would be too late when the ftomach is empty , to form a hunting - party . As that appetite is common to all favages ...
... hunting . not fufficient : favages who act by fenfe , not by forefight , move not when the ftomach is full ; and it would be too late when the ftomach is empty , to form a hunting - party . As that appetite is common to all favages ...
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