Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... tion , that each kind has properties pecu- liar to itself ; and that thefe properties be- long to every individual of the kind ( a ) . Our road to the knowledge of animals is thus wonderfully fhortened : the experi- * « And out of the ...
... tion , that each kind has properties pecu- liar to itself ; and that thefe properties be- long to every individual of the kind ( a ) . Our road to the knowledge of animals is thus wonderfully fhortened : the experi- * « And out of the ...
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... Yet , after all , if any folid inftruc- tion can be acquired from fuch claffing , I hall liften , not only with attention , but with fatisfaction . Now * Now more particularly of man , after difcuffing other Prel . Difc . of LANGUAGES . 19.
... Yet , after all , if any folid inftruc- tion can be acquired from fuch claffing , I hall liften , not only with attention , but with fatisfaction . Now * Now more particularly of man , after difcuffing other Prel . Difc . of LANGUAGES . 19.
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... tion to break it ; and are perpetually at war with their neighbours , or with one another . Inftances there are of twenty- five or thirty of them in a boat , with no other weapons but poniards , venturing to attack a European fhip of ...
... tion to break it ; and are perpetually at war with their neighbours , or with one another . Inftances there are of twenty- five or thirty of them in a boat , with no other weapons but poniards , venturing to attack a European fhip of ...
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... tion . As he is always ready to repel " force by force , he is not fufpicious nor * The Africans are fubtle and full of ftrata- " gem , the Greeks are fickle , the Gauls flow of " parts , all which diverfities are occafioned by the ...
... tion . As he is always ready to repel " force by force , he is not fufpicious nor * The Africans are fubtle and full of ftrata- " gem , the Greeks are fickle , the Gauls flow of " parts , all which diverfities are occafioned by the ...
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... tion between heat and courage , more than between cold and courage : on the con- trary , courage feems more connected with the former than with the latter . fierceft and boldeft animals , the lion , for The example , the tiger , the ...
... tion between heat and courage , more than between cold and courage : on the con- trary , courage feems more connected with the former than with the latter . fierceft and boldeft animals , the lion , for The example , the tiger , the ...
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