Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... writers clafs thefe " animals with sheep . Wool however is " the only circumftance in which a pa- 66 cos resembles a fheep : nor doth the la- ma refemble a camel except in length " of neck . " He diftinguifheth , in the fame manner ...
... writers clafs thefe " animals with sheep . Wool however is " the only circumftance in which a pa- 66 cos resembles a fheep : nor doth the la- ma refemble a camel except in length " of neck . " He diftinguifheth , in the fame manner ...
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... writer expatiates on the torments they endure , not only pa- tiently , but with fingular fortitude ; de- riding their tormentors , and braving their utmost cruelty . North - American favages differ indeed fo widely from thofe former- ly ...
... writer expatiates on the torments they endure , not only pa- tiently , but with fingular fortitude ; de- riding their tormentors , and braving their utmost cruelty . North - American favages differ indeed fo widely from thofe former- ly ...
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... writers , who hold every diftinguishing mark , internal as well as external , to be the effect of foil and climate . Against the former , patience is my only fhield ; but I cannot hope for any converts to a new opinion , without ...
... writers , who hold every diftinguishing mark , internal as well as external , to be the effect of foil and climate . Against the former , patience is my only fhield ; but I cannot hope for any converts to a new opinion , without ...
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... writers deal in fuch causes . I need no better instance than the pre- fent : for , if I mistake not , effects directly oppofite may be drawn from the caufe affigned by this writer ; as plaufible at leaft , I do not fay better founded on ...
... writers deal in fuch causes . I need no better instance than the pre- fent : for , if I mistake not , effects directly oppofite may be drawn from the caufe affigned by this writer ; as plaufible at leaft , I do not fay better founded on ...
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... 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 negroes of New Guinea abstain from employing ...
... 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 negroes of New Guinea abstain from employing ...
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