Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen4A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... Greeks their cruel and fanguinary cha- racter , rendered them little regardful of the ftrict rules of juftice . Right was held to depend on power , among men as among wild beafts : it was conceived to be the will of the gods , that ...
... Greeks their cruel and fanguinary cha- racter , rendered them little regardful of the ftrict rules of juftice . Right was held to depend on power , among men as among wild beafts : it was conceived to be the will of the gods , that ...
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... Greeks . Diffimulation is recommended Ulyffes de- by the goddess Minerva ( a ) . * Athens , from the nature of its government , as established by Solon , was rendered uncapable of any regular or confiftent body of laws . In every cafe ...
... Greeks . Diffimulation is recommended Ulyffes de- by the goddess Minerva ( a ) . * Athens , from the nature of its government , as established by Solon , was rendered uncapable of any regular or confiftent body of laws . In every cafe ...
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... Greeks in Ho- mer's time must have been strangely de- formed in their morals , when fuch a story could be relished * . A nation begins not * Upon the ftory of Jupiter being deceived by Juno in the 14th book of the Iliad , Pope fays ...
... Greeks in Ho- mer's time must have been strangely de- formed in their morals , when fuch a story could be relished * . A nation begins not * Upon the ftory of Jupiter being deceived by Juno in the 14th book of the Iliad , Pope fays ...
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... Greeks at the fiege of Troy . Nor were the morals of that peo- ple , as we fee , much purified for a long time after writing became common . When Plautus wrote , the Roman fyftem of mo- rals must have been extremely impure . In his play ...
... Greeks at the fiege of Troy . Nor were the morals of that peo- ple , as we fee , much purified for a long time after writing became common . When Plautus wrote , the Roman fyftem of mo- rals must have been extremely impure . In his play ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames. quefts . The fanguinary difpofitión both of the Greeks and Romans , appears from another practice , that of expofing their in- fant children , which continued till huma- nity came in fome measure to prevail . The ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. quefts . The fanguinary difpofitión both of the Greeks and Romans , appears from another practice , that of expofing their in- fant children , which continued till huma- nity came in fome measure to prevail . The ...
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