Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen2A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... capital branch of the hiftory of man , comprehends great variety of matter , curious , and interefting . But sketches are my province , not complete hiftories ; and I propofe in the prefent sketch to trace the gradual progress of wo ...
... capital branch of the hiftory of man , comprehends great variety of matter , curious , and interefting . But sketches are my province , not complete hiftories ; and I propofe in the prefent sketch to trace the gradual progress of wo ...
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... capital article in the female cha- racter , difplays itfelf externally by mild looks and gentle manners . But fuch graces are scarce difcernible in a female favage ; and even in the moft polifhed women , would not be perceived by a male ...
... capital article in the female cha- racter , difplays itfelf externally by mild looks and gentle manners . But fuch graces are scarce difcernible in a female favage ; and even in the moft polifhed women , would not be perceived by a male ...
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... capital excepted , men treat their wives in every refpect as flaves . The regulations of Peter I. put marriage upon a more re- spectable footing among people of rank ; and yet fuch are the brutal manners of the Ruffians , that ...
... capital excepted , men treat their wives in every refpect as flaves . The regulations of Peter I. put marriage upon a more re- spectable footing among people of rank ; and yet fuch are the brutal manners of the Ruffians , that ...
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... capital beau- ty in Homer , is the delineation of ancient manners ? At that rate , had it fallen to his fhare to describe Ju- lius Caefar , he would have dreffed him like a modern beau . And why not ? for in a genteel affembly , what a ...
... capital beau- ty in Homer , is the delineation of ancient manners ? At that rate , had it fallen to his fhare to describe Ju- lius Caefar , he would have dreffed him like a modern beau . And why not ? for in a genteel affembly , what a ...
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... capital ceremony . In Ruffia , the bride prefents to the bridegroom a bundle of rods , to be used against her when fhe deferves to be chaftifed ; and at the fame time she pulls off his boots . The pre- fent Empress , intent upon ...
... capital ceremony . In Ruffia , the bride prefents to the bridegroom a bundle of rods , to be used against her when fhe deferves to be chaftifed ; and at the fame time she pulls off his boots . The pre- fent Empress , intent upon ...
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