Sketches of the History of Man: In Two Volumes, Volume 1W. Creech, 1774 |
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... against the foregoing rule , which M. Buffon himself inadvertently aban- dons as to all animals , men and dogs excepted . We are indebted to him for a remark , That not a fingle animal of the torrid zone is common to the old world and ...
... against the foregoing rule , which M. Buffon himself inadvertently aban- dons as to all animals , men and dogs excepted . We are indebted to him for a remark , That not a fingle animal of the torrid zone is common to the old world and ...
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... against himself , that there are differ- ent races of men ; for he cannot deny that certain tribes differ apparently from each other , not lefs than the lama and pacos from the camel or from the fheep , nor lefs than the true tiger from ...
... against himself , that there are differ- ent races of men ; for he cannot deny that certain tribes differ apparently from each other , not lefs than the lama and pacos from the camel or from the fheep , nor lefs than the true tiger from ...
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... against their enemies ? We have nothing but original difpofition to account for manners fo fingular in the favages of Guiana . The Japanese resent injuries in a man- ner which has not a parallel in any other part of the world : it is ...
... against their enemies ? We have nothing but original difpofition to account for manners fo fingular in the favages of Guiana . The Japanese resent injuries in a man- ner which has not a parallel in any other part of the world : it is ...
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... against a destructive climate . Against this history it has indeed been urged , " that the circumstances mentioned evince it to be purely an allegory ; " that men never were fo frantic as to think of building a tower " whofe top might ...
... against a destructive climate . Against this history it has indeed been urged , " that the circumstances mentioned evince it to be purely an allegory ; " that men never were fo frantic as to think of building a tower " whofe top might ...
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... against the north wind : whence it is , that the ground about Stockholm ( a ) pro- * May not a fimilar fituation in fome parts of North America , be partly the oc- cafion of the cold that is felt there , beyond what Europe feels in the ...
... against the north wind : whence it is , that the ground about Stockholm ( a ) pro- * May not a fimilar fituation in fome parts of North America , be partly the oc- cafion of the cold that is felt there , beyond what Europe feels in the ...
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Page xii - 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 123 - 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 122 - 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...
Page 126 - And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
Page 125 - And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn : and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
Page 123 - And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
Page 123 - Hearest thou not my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens : let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them : have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
Page 122 - So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
Page 123 - And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers : and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
Page 461 - For if any one shall claim a power to lay and levy taxes on the people, by his own authority and without such consent of the people, he thereby invades the fundamental law of property and subverts the end of government; for what property have I in that which another may by right take, when he pleases, to himself?