The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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Page 18
... relations split off " to points half round the globe . " Cæsar describes something into other clans , and these clans , which have not lost the like it among the inhabitants of Britain ( De Bello Gallico , sense of primitive kinship ...
... relations split off " to points half round the globe . " Cæsar describes something into other clans , and these clans , which have not lost the like it among the inhabitants of Britain ( De Bello Gallico , sense of primitive kinship ...
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... relations of savages may not have been the material out of which the modern family was gradually fashioned . This can scarcely be called a new , though it has never been a popular opinion . Mr Millar , professor of law in the university ...
... relations of savages may not have been the material out of which the modern family was gradually fashioned . This can scarcely be called a new , though it has never been a popular opinion . Mr Millar , professor of law in the university ...
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... relations of husband and wife among the Calmucks , the Tunguzians , the Khonds , the Fuegians , the Welsh , the Arabs , the Irish , and various other races . He explains its existence by the institutions of exogamy ( i.e. , the rule ...
... relations of husband and wife among the Calmucks , the Tunguzians , the Khonds , the Fuegians , the Welsh , the Arabs , the Irish , and various other races . He explains its existence by the institutions of exogamy ( i.e. , the rule ...
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... relations which seem revolt- ing to us . It is as improbable that they discovered the supposed physical evils of ... relation of the mother to or non - intermarriage of brothers and sisters " ( Ancient the child would be the first they ...
... relations which seem revolt- ing to us . It is as improbable that they discovered the supposed physical evils of ... relation of the mother to or non - intermarriage of brothers and sisters " ( Ancient the child would be the first they ...
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... relations between England , Portugal , and Spain ; and in January 1666 he travelled to Lisbon in the endeavour to bring about a peace between the last - men- tioned powers . But he had scarcely returned to Madrid when he was somewhat ...
... relations between England , Portugal , and Spain ; and in January 1666 he travelled to Lisbon in the endeavour to bring about a peace between the last - men- tioned powers . But he had scarcely returned to Madrid when he was somewhat ...
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