Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen2A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... against the enemies of their country . The peculiar modefty of the female fex , is also a diftinguishing circumftance . Na- ture hath provided them with it as a de- fence against the artful folicitations of the other fex before marriage ...
... against the enemies of their country . The peculiar modefty of the female fex , is also a diftinguishing circumftance . Na- ture hath provided them with it as a de- fence against the artful folicitations of the other fex before marriage ...
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... against the practice of all other nations . Little weight can be laid upon Pliny's evidence in particular , con- fidering what he reports in the fame chap- ter of the Blemmyans , that they had no head , and that the mouth and eyes were ...
... against the practice of all other nations . Little weight can be laid upon Pliny's evidence in particular , con- fidering what he reports in the fame chap- ter of the Blemmyans , that they had no head , and that the mouth and eyes were ...
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... against Cicero . It was common , he fays , for a number of brothers , or other near relations , to use their wives promifcuoufly . The offspring however were not common ; for each man maintained the children that were produ- ced by his ...
... against Cicero . It was common , he fays , for a number of brothers , or other near relations , to use their wives promifcuoufly . The offspring however were not common ; for each man maintained the children that were produ- ced by his ...
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... against a promifcuous ufe of women , do not ne- ceffarily conclude against polygamy , or the union of one man with a plurality of women , will not escape an attentive reader . -St Auguftin and other fathers admit , that polygamy is not ...
... against a promifcuous ufe of women , do not ne- ceffarily conclude against polygamy , or the union of one man with a plurality of women , will not escape an attentive reader . -St Auguftin and other fathers admit , that polygamy is not ...
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... against it are infinite . All men are by nature e- qual in rank : no man is privileged above another to have a wife ; and therefore po- lygamy is contradictory to the plan of Providence . Were ten women born for one man , as is ...
... against it are infinite . All men are by nature e- qual in rank : no man is privileged above another to have a wife ; and therefore po- lygamy is contradictory to the plan of Providence . Were ten women born for one man , as is ...
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