Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen2A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... became flaves ; and no man will give his daugh- ter to be a flave , but for a valuable confi- deration . The practice was universal . I begin with the Jews . Abraham bought Rebekah , and gave her to his fon Ifaac for a wife ( a ) ...
... became flaves ; and no man will give his daugh- ter to be a flave , but for a valuable confi- deration . The practice was universal . I begin with the Jews . Abraham bought Rebekah , and gave her to his fon Ifaac for a wife ( a ) ...
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... understood to be the price paid for the bride . This must have been once a reality ; though it funk down to be a mere ceremony , after it became cufto- mary mary for a Roman bride to bring a dowry with Sk . VI . 35 Female Sex .
... understood to be the price paid for the bride . This must have been once a reality ; though it funk down to be a mere ceremony , after it became cufto- mary mary for a Roman bride to bring a dowry with Sk . VI . 35 Female Sex .
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... became u- niverfal , we may be certain that it put an end to polygamy . And accordingly He- rodotus affirms , that polygamy was prohi- bited in Egypt ( a ) . Polygamy undoubted- ly prevailed in Greece and Rome , while it was customary ...
... became u- niverfal , we may be certain that it put an end to polygamy . And accordingly He- rodotus affirms , that polygamy was prohi- bited in Egypt ( a ) . Polygamy undoubted- ly prevailed in Greece and Rome , while it was customary ...
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... became agreeable fchools , where every one might be in- ftructed in his own art . Socrates and Pe- ricles met frequently at the houfe of Afpa- fia : from her they acquired delicacy of tafte , and , in return , procured to her pu- blic ...
... became agreeable fchools , where every one might be in- ftructed in his own art . Socrates and Pe- ricles met frequently at the houfe of Afpa- fia : from her they acquired delicacy of tafte , and , in return , procured to her pu- blic ...
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... became jealous of rivals ; which prompted them , according to the rough manners of thofe times , to exclude women from fociety with men . Their women accordingly were never seen in public ; and , if my memory ferve me , an accidental in ...
... became jealous of rivals ; which prompted them , according to the rough manners of thofe times , to exclude women from fociety with men . Their women accordingly were never seen in public ; and , if my memory ferve me , an accidental in ...
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