Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... those who , free from the corruption of opulence and depreffion of bodily labour , are fond of useful know- ledge ; who , even in the delirium of youth , feel the dawn of patriotism , and who , in riper years , enjoy its meridian warmth ...
... those who , free from the corruption of opulence and depreffion of bodily labour , are fond of useful know- ledge ; who , even in the delirium of youth , feel the dawn of patriotism , and who , in riper years , enjoy its meridian warmth ...
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... Those who afcribe all to the fun , ought to confider how little pro- bable it is , that the colour it impreffes on the parents fhould be communicated to their infant children , who never faw the fun I fhould be as foon induced to be ...
... Those who afcribe all to the fun , ought to confider how little pro- bable it is , that the colour it impreffes on the parents fhould be communicated to their infant children , who never faw the fun I fhould be as foon induced to be ...
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... those last mention- ed , as of small ftature , tame and peace- able , having scarce any clothing in a cli- mate bitterly cold . Commodore Byron discovered another island in the South Sea covered with trees , which was named By- ron ...
... those last mention- ed , as of small ftature , tame and peace- able , having scarce any clothing in a cli- mate bitterly cold . Commodore Byron discovered another island in the South Sea covered with trees , which was named By- ron ...
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... those in the boat , who marching down to the water- edge , challenged the ftrangers to fight them ; an inftance of true heroic courage . The people in that part of New Holland must be of a race very different from thofe whom Dampier faw ...
... those in the boat , who marching down to the water- edge , challenged the ftrangers to fight them ; an inftance of true heroic courage . The people in that part of New Holland must be of a race very different from thofe whom Dampier faw ...
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... chapter he adds , " From the thinnefs of the air and enli- IC vening heat , fouthern nations are quick " in thought , and acute in reafoning . " Thofe " Those in the north , on the contrary , Prel . Difc . of LANGUAGES . 51.
... chapter he adds , " From the thinnefs of the air and enli- IC vening heat , fouthern nations are quick " in thought , and acute in reafoning . " Thofe " Those in the north , on the contrary , Prel . Difc . of LANGUAGES . 51.
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