The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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... origin of society , his theory is , on the face of find the custom of lending wives , as an act of friendliness it , natural and plausible , and it has been almost universally and hospitality , very common . This may be no more accepted ...
... origin of society , his theory is , on the face of find the custom of lending wives , as an act of friendliness it , natural and plausible , and it has been almost universally and hospitality , very common . This may be no more accepted ...
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... Origin of the Distinction of Ranks , p . 47 ( 4th edition , Edinburgh , 1806 ) . 3. If the practices which make kindred through males difficult or impossible to recognize were ever universally prevalent , they will have left vestiges of ...
... Origin of the Distinction of Ranks , p . 47 ( 4th edition , Edinburgh , 1806 ) . 3. If the practices which make kindred through males difficult or impossible to recognize were ever universally prevalent , they will have left vestiges of ...
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... origin and distinct mythical ancestors ? How did these stocks come to be scattered through local tribes , not ... origins ? There remains a point to notice . The thoroughly savage totem - kindreds revere the animal , plant , or other ...
... origin and distinct mythical ancestors ? How did these stocks come to be scattered through local tribes , not ... origins ? There remains a point to notice . The thoroughly savage totem - kindreds revere the animal , plant , or other ...
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... origin of the early prohibition will be discussed later . Thus , on the evidence of a sport- ive feature in the marriage ceremony of civilized peoples , a vestige is revealed of customs connected with a very early form of the family . A ...
... origin of the early prohibition will be discussed later . Thus , on the evidence of a sport- ive feature in the marriage ceremony of civilized peoples , a vestige is revealed of customs connected with a very early form of the family . A ...
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... origin to marriage in the group and to the gentile organization . " He calls exogamy " the gentile organization , " though , in point of fact , the only gentes we know , the Roman gentes , show scarcely a trace of exogamy . Again ...
... origin to marriage in the group and to the gentile organization . " He calls exogamy " the gentile organization , " though , in point of fact , the only gentes we know , the Roman gentes , show scarcely a trace of exogamy . Again ...
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