Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... measure , they not only continue hunters , but re- tain the ferocity of that ftate : they are not fond of being fhepherds , and have no knowledge of hufbandry . This , in ap- pearance , is fingular ; but nothing hap- pens without a ...
... measure , they not only continue hunters , but re- tain the ferocity of that ftate : they are not fond of being fhepherds , and have no knowledge of hufbandry . This , in ap- pearance , is fingular ; but nothing hap- pens without a ...
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... ftandard has been e- ftablished . It is plainly not founded on nature ; for the different kinds of goods have naturally no common measure by which they can be valued : two quarters of wheat which Sk . III . 131 Commerce .
... ftandard has been e- ftablished . It is plainly not founded on nature ; for the different kinds of goods have naturally no common measure by which they can be valued : two quarters of wheat which Sk . III . 131 Commerce .
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... measure be the fame . Our author certainly did not in- tend fuch an abfurdity ; and yet I can draw no other inference from his reafon- ing . In the very next chapter he admits the negroes on the coaft of Afric to be an exception from ...
... measure be the fame . Our author certainly did not in- tend fuch an abfurdity ; and yet I can draw no other inference from his reafon- ing . In the very next chapter he admits the negroes on the coaft of Afric to be an exception from ...
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... measure there lies an objection still more weighty than its being an ineffectual remedy : in the hands of an ambitious prince it would prove dangerous to liberty . If the foregoing measures be not relish- ed , I can difcover no other ...
... measure there lies an objection still more weighty than its being an ineffectual remedy : in the hands of an ambitious prince it would prove dangerous to liberty . If the foregoing measures be not relish- ed , I can difcover no other ...
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... measuring the height of an Egyptian py- ramid . He watched the progrefs of the fun , till his body and its fhadow were of the fame length ; and at that instant mea- fured the fhadow of the pyramid , which confequently gave its height ...
... measuring the height of an Egyptian py- ramid . He watched the progrefs of the fun , till his body and its fhadow were of the fame length ; and at that instant mea- fured the fhadow of the pyramid , which confequently gave its height ...
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