Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen2A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... mention- . ed by Pliny and Herodotus as fingular ; and , were it even well vouched , it would avail very little against the practice of all other nations . Little weight can be laid upon Pliny's evidence in particular , con- fidering ...
... mention- . ed by Pliny and Herodotus as fingular ; and , were it even well vouched , it would avail very little against the practice of all other nations . Little weight can be laid upon Pliny's evidence in particular , con- fidering ...
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... mentioned above , it is beyond the power of any woman to provide food . for a family of children ; and now it ap- pears , that intemperance in animal love would render a woman carelefs of her fa- mily , however eafy it might be to pro ...
... mentioned above , it is beyond the power of any woman to provide food . for a family of children ; and now it ap- pears , that intemperance in animal love would render a woman carelefs of her fa- mily , however eafy it might be to pro ...
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... mentioned , the first instance known of a baftard - child being destroyed by its mother through fhame , is a late one . The virtue of chaf- tity appears to be there gaining ground ; as the only temptation a woman can have to destroy her ...
... mentioned , the first instance known of a baftard - child being destroyed by its mother through fhame , is a late one . The virtue of chaf- tity appears to be there gaining ground ; as the only temptation a woman can have to destroy her ...
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... mention it to Dr Solander , who had made more than one vifit to that country . He faid , that Regnard's report might be true ; but with- out any imputation on the modesty of Doth not modesty prevail among many animals ? Elephants are ...
... mention it to Dr Solander , who had made more than one vifit to that country . He faid , that Regnard's report might be true ; but with- out any imputation on the modesty of Doth not modesty prevail among many animals ? Elephants are ...
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... mention of nuptial gifts from a bridegroom to his bride's father . From terming them gifts , it is probable that the former method of purchase was beginning to wear out . It wore out be- fore the time of Ariftotle ; who infers , that ...
... mention of nuptial gifts from a bridegroom to his bride's father . From terming them gifts , it is probable that the former method of purchase was beginning to wear out . It wore out be- fore the time of Ariftotle ; who infers , that ...
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