Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen2A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... those delicate principles that make no great figure among favages . In the land of Jeffo , young women sometimes go naked in fummer : if however they meet a ftran- ger , they hang the head , and turn away through fhame . Nature here is ...
... those delicate principles that make no great figure among favages . In the land of Jeffo , young women sometimes go naked in fummer : if however they meet a ftran- ger , they hang the head , and turn away through fhame . Nature here is ...
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... those who are unac- quainted with 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 ...
... those who are unac- quainted with 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 ...
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... those times . There is an old law in Wales , that , for defiling the Prince's bed , the offender must pay a rod of pure gold , of the thickness of the finger of a ploughman who has ploughed nine years , and in length from the ground to ...
... those times . There is an old law in Wales , that , for defiling the Prince's bed , the offender must pay a rod of pure gold , of the thickness of the finger of a ploughman who has ploughed nine years , and in length from the ground to ...
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... those who adhered to ancient cuftoms , the lex Voconia was made , confining fuch provifions within moderate bounds and this regulation continued in force , till re- gard for the female fex broke through e- very legal restraint , and ...
... those who adhered to ancient cuftoms , the lex Voconia was made , confining fuch provifions within moderate bounds and this regulation continued in force , till re- gard for the female fex broke through e- very legal restraint , and ...
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... those nations only where polygamy is prohibited . take it for granted , that women are not ad- mitted to inherit land where polygamy is lawful they are not in fuch estimation as to be entitled to a privilege fo illuftri- ous . The ...
... those nations only where polygamy is prohibited . take it for granted , that women are not ad- mitted to inherit land where polygamy is lawful they are not in fuch estimation as to be entitled to a privilege fo illuftri- ous . The ...
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