Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen2A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... with respect to any thing ftrange or uncommon . As to what is reported of ancient Greece , Cecrops poffibly prohibited polygamy , or introdu- ced ced fome other matrimonial regulation , which by writers might Sk . VI . 7 Female Sex .
... with respect to any thing ftrange or uncommon . As to what is reported of ancient Greece , Cecrops poffibly prohibited polygamy , or introdu- ced ced fome other matrimonial regulation , which by writers might Sk . VI . 7 Female Sex .
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... ancient Greeks , that their authors cannot be much relied on , in the accounts they give of that diftant region . The authority of Cicero , however respect- able in other matters , will not be much regarded upon the prefent queftion ...
... ancient Greeks , that their authors cannot be much relied on , in the accounts they give of that diftant region . The authority of Cicero , however respect- able in other matters , will not be much regarded upon the prefent queftion ...
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... ancient Britons approaches the nearest to a loose commerce with women , tho ' in the main it is good evidence against Cicero . It was common , he fays , for a number of brothers , or other near relations , to use their wives ...
... ancient Britons approaches the nearest to a loose commerce with women , tho ' in the main it is good evidence against Cicero . It was common , he fays , for a number of brothers , or other near relations , to use their wives ...
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... ancient customs ; which is , that a man purchased a woman to be his wife , as one purchases an ox or a sheep to be food . Women by marriage became flaves ; and no man will give his daugh- ter to be a flave , but for a valuable confi ...
... ancient customs ; which is , that a man purchased a woman to be his wife , as one purchases an ox or a sheep to be food . Women by marriage became flaves ; and no man will give his daugh- ter to be a flave , but for a valuable confi ...
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... ancient Spaniards purchased their wives . We have the au- thority of Herodotus and of Heraclides Ponticus , that the Thracians followed the fame practice . The latter adds , that if a wife was ill treated , her relations could demand ...
... ancient Spaniards purchased their wives . We have the au- thority of Herodotus and of Heraclides Ponticus , that the Thracians followed the fame practice . The latter adds , that if a wife was ill treated , her relations could demand ...
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