Sketches of the History of Man, 1. köideW. Creech, 1788 |
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... must be taught to walk ; and it is long before it acquires the art in perfection . Brutes have no teacher but nature . A foal , the mo- ment it fees the light , walks no lefs perfectly than its parents . And fo does a partridge ...
... must be taught to walk ; and it is long before it acquires the art in perfection . Brutes have no teacher but nature . A foal , the mo- ment it fees the light , walks no lefs perfectly than its parents . And fo does a partridge ...
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... must fay , that it is contrary to a law of nature . But has he given any e- vidence of this fuppofed law of nature ? On the contrary , he proves it by various instances not to be a law of nature . He admits the sheep and the goat to be ...
... must fay , that it is contrary to a law of nature . But has he given any e- vidence of this fuppofed law of nature ? On the contrary , he proves it by various instances not to be a law of nature . He admits the sheep and the goat to be ...
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... must be different kinds of men ; for certain tribes differ vifibly from each other , no less than the lama and pa- cos from the camel or from the sheep , nor less than the true tiger from the American animals of that name * . For ...
... must be different kinds of men ; for certain tribes differ vifibly from each other , no less than the lama and pa- cos from the camel or from the sheep , nor less than the true tiger from the American animals of that name * . For ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames. them ? Uniformity invariable must be a law in their nature , for it never can be a- scribed to chance . There are mongrels , it is true , among dogs , from want of choice , or from a depraved appetite : but as all ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. them ? Uniformity invariable must be a law in their nature , for it never can be a- scribed to chance . There are mongrels , it is true , among dogs , from want of choice , or from a depraved appetite : but as all ...
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... them has talents fufficient to bear a part in the adminiftration . There is not an office of truft but must be filled with na- tive Europeans . Some Portuguefe , who have been for tive Prel . Difc . of LANGUAGES . 21.
... them has talents fufficient to bear a part in the adminiftration . There is not an office of truft but must be filled with na- tive Europeans . Some Portuguefe , who have been for tive Prel . Difc . of LANGUAGES . 21.
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Page 234 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Page 240 - Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place : ye are witnesses this day.
Page 3 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Page 230 - The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.
Page 239 - Elimelech's: and I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it : but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know : for there is none to redeem it beside thee ; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
Page 232 - And she said unto them : Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty : why call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Page 237 - Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto...
Page 246 - And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
Page 234 - And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers : and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
Page 241 - And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.