Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen2A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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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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... paid . In Arabia , fays Niebuhr , a young married woman fufpected of not being a virgin , is fent back to her father , who must reftore the price that was paid for her . The inland negroes are more polished than thofe on the coaft ; and ...
... paid . In Arabia , fays Niebuhr , a young married woman fufpected of not being a virgin , is fent back to her father , who must reftore the price that was paid for her . The inland negroes are more polished than thofe on the coaft ; and ...
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... paid to women , they rival the men in drefs . Both fexes wear rings in their ears and nofes ; and are adorned with many rows of fhells hanging from the neck . A female in a fultry climate fubmits to fry all day long , under a load of ...
... paid to women , they rival the men in drefs . Both fexes wear rings in their ears and nofes ; and are adorned with many rows of fhells hanging from the neck . A female in a fultry climate fubmits to fry all day long , under a load of ...
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... paid to them among civi- lized nations , reftored the law of nature , and confined a man to one wife . Their equality as to rank and dignity , bars the man from taking another wife , as it bars the woman from taking another hufband . We ...
... paid to them among civi- lized nations , reftored the law of nature , and confined a man to one wife . Their equality as to rank and dignity , bars the man from taking another wife , as it bars the woman from taking another hufband . We ...
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... their wives . The fame obtains in China : After the price is adjusted and paid , the bride is conducted to the bride- groom's houfe , locked in a fedan , and the key key delivered to him : If he be not fatif- Sk . VI . 52 Female Sex ,
... their wives . The fame obtains in China : After the price is adjusted and paid , the bride is conducted to the bride- groom's houfe , locked in a fedan , and the key key delivered to him : If he be not fatif- Sk . VI . 52 Female Sex ,
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