Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen2A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... Roman law men- tion is made of matrimony per aes et libram , which was folemnized by laying down a quantity of brafs with a balance for weighing it , understood to be the price paid for the bride . This must have been once a reality ...
... Roman law men- tion is made of matrimony per aes et libram , which was folemnized by laying down a quantity of brafs with a balance for weighing it , understood to be the price paid for the bride . This must have been once a reality ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames. mary for a Roman bride to bring a dowry with her . The Babylonians and the Afsy- rians , at ftated times , collected all the mar- riageable young women , and difpofed of them by auction . Rubruguis , in his voy ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. mary for a Roman bride to bring a dowry with her . The Babylonians and the Afsy- rians , at ftated times , collected all the mar- riageable young women , and difpofed of them by auction . Rubruguis , in his voy ...
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... Romans in particular unqua- lified the women to be their companions : it never entered their thoughts that wo- men should inherit land , which they can- not defend by the fword . But women came to be regarded in proportion as the ...
... Romans in particular unqua- lified the women to be their companions : it never entered their thoughts that wo- men should inherit land , which they can- not defend by the fword . But women came to be regarded in proportion as the ...
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... Romans were more polished . Proprietors of land , fuch of them as had no fons , were difpo- fed to evade the law , by ample provisions to their daughters , which rendered the ... Roman power , were not late in a- Sk . VI . 65 Female Sex .
... Romans were more polished . Proprietors of land , fuch of them as had no fons , were difpo- fed to evade the law , by ample provisions to their daughters , which rendered the ... Roman power , were not late in a- Sk . VI . 65 Female Sex .
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Lord Henry Home Kames. ed the Roman power , were not late in a- dopting the mild manners of the conquer- ed they admitted women to inherit land , and they exacted a double compofition for injuries done to them . By the Salic law among ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. ed the Roman power , were not late in a- dopting the mild manners of the conquer- ed they admitted women to inherit land , and they exacted a double compofition for injuries done to them . By the Salic law among ...
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