Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... whole fyftem of colour , viz . that all Americans , without exception , are of a copper colour , though in that vaft continent there is every variety of climate . The fouthern Chinese are white , though in the neighbourhood of the ...
... whole fyftem of colour , viz . that all Americans , without exception , are of a copper colour , though in that vaft continent there is every variety of climate . The fouthern Chinese are white , though in the neighbourhood of the ...
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... along the coaft , in the figure of men with large ears , and the head covered with a crown ; the whole nicely proportioned and highly fi- nifhed . nished . They fled for refuge to these i- dols 34 Prel . Difc . Of MEN , and.
... along the coaft , in the figure of men with large ears , and the head covered with a crown ; the whole nicely proportioned and highly fi- nifhed . nished . They fled for refuge to these i- dols 34 Prel . Difc . Of MEN , and.
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... whole nation ; and when we find kindness to ftrangers a national character in certain tribes , we reject with difdain the notion of chance , and perceive intuitively that effects fo regular and per- manent must be owing to a conftant ...
... whole nation ; and when we find kindness to ftrangers a national character in certain tribes , we reject with difdain the notion of chance , and perceive intuitively that effects fo regular and per- manent must be owing to a conftant ...
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... whole army of Siamites to fubdue them . Four Macaffars , taken alive , were cruelly tor- tured . They were beaten to mummy with cudgels , iron pins were thruft under their nails , all their fingers broken , the flesh burnt off their ...
... whole army of Siamites to fubdue them . Four Macaffars , taken alive , were cruelly tor- tured . They were beaten to mummy with cudgels , iron pins were thruft under their nails , all their fingers broken , the flesh burnt off their ...
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... whole do more mifchief than good . " This writer , it would feem , has forgot that profpects of future good or evil never have influence upon favages . Is it his opinion , that fear of future mifchief to themselves , would make the ...
... whole do more mifchief than good . " This writer , it would feem , has forgot that profpects of future good or evil never have influence upon favages . Is it his opinion , that fear of future mifchief to themselves , would make the ...
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