Sketches of the History of Man: Considerably Enlarged by the Last Additions and Corrections of the Author. ...J. J. Tourneisen, 1796 - 376 pages |
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... fhould " peaceably be indulged in his fancy ; but as it com- prehends also man , I cannot pass it without exas mination . Providence , to prevent confusion , hath in many inftances with - held from animals of differ- ent fecies a power ...
... fhould " peaceably be indulged in his fancy ; but as it com- prehends also man , I cannot pass it without exas mination . Providence , to prevent confusion , hath in many inftances with - held from animals of differ- ent fecies a power ...
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... fhould refemble another . Whence then are derived the different fpecies of dogs above mentioned , or the different races or varieties , as M. Buffon is pleased to name them ? Uniformity invariable must be a law in their nature , for it ...
... fhould refemble another . Whence then are derived the different fpecies of dogs above mentioned , or the different races or varieties , as M. Buffon is pleased to name them ? Uniformity invariable must be a law in their nature , for it ...
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... fhould be communicated to their infant children , who never faw the fun I fhould be as foon induced to believe , with a German naturalist whofe name has efcaped me , that the negro color is owing to an ancient custom in Africa of dying ...
... fhould be communicated to their infant children , who never faw the fun I fhould be as foon induced to believe , with a German naturalist whofe name has efcaped me , that the negro color is owing to an ancient custom in Africa of dying ...
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... fhould fharpen the " understanding , and cold blunt it . Thus the " fouthern nations are ready in counfel , and " " " acute in thought ; but make no figure in war , " their courage being exhausted by the heat of " the fun . The ...
... fhould fharpen the " understanding , and cold blunt it . Thus the " fouthern nations are ready in counfel , and " " " acute in thought ; but make no figure in war , " their courage being exhausted by the heat of " the fun . The ...
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... fhould not " fometimes employ that fatalpoifon for gratifying " hatred , jealoufy , or revenge . But in a state of nature , though there are few reftraints , there EC ડ્ર CC are also fewer temptations to vice ; and the dif- " ferent ...
... fhould not " fometimes employ that fatalpoifon for gratifying " hatred , jealoufy , or revenge . But in a state of nature , though there are few reftraints , there EC ડ્ર CC are also fewer temptations to vice ; and the dif- " ferent ...
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