Sketches of the History of Man: In Two Volumes, Volume 1W. Creech, 1774 |
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... equally removed from the corruption of opulence , and from the depreffion of bodily labour , are bent on useful knowledge ; who , even in the de- lirium of youth , feel the dawn of patriotism , and who in riper years enjoy its meridian ...
... equally removed from the corruption of opulence , and from the depreffion of bodily labour , are bent on useful knowledge ; who , even in the de- lirium of youth , feel the dawn of patriotism , and who in riper years enjoy its meridian ...
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... equally tame . At Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands , geefe , far from being fhy , may be knocked down with a stick . The birds that inhabit certain : rocks hanging over the fea in the island of Annabon , take food . readily out of a ...
... equally tame . At Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands , geefe , far from being fhy , may be knocked down with a stick . The birds that inhabit certain : rocks hanging over the fea in the island of Annabon , take food . readily out of a ...
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... equally for every climate . There is fcarce a climate but what is natural to fome men , where they profper and flourish ; and there is not a climate but where fome men degenerate . Doth not then analo- gy lead us to conclude , that as ...
... equally for every climate . There is fcarce a climate but what is natural to fome men , where they profper and flourish ; and there is not a climate but where fome men degenerate . Doth not then analo- gy lead us to conclude , that as ...
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... equally hot : they are far from equalling in vigour of mind or body the nations from which they fprung . The Spanish inhabitants of Carthagena in South America lofe their vigour and colour in a few months . Their motion is languid ; and ...
... equally hot : they are far from equalling in vigour of mind or body the nations from which they fprung . The Spanish inhabitants of Carthagena in South America lofe their vigour and colour in a few months . Their motion is languid ; and ...
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... equally in vain to ascribe to climate the low ftature of the Laplanders * , or their ugly vifage . Lapland is indeed piercing- ly cold ; but fo is Finland , and the northern parts of Norway , the inhabitants of which are tall , comely ...
... equally in vain to ascribe to climate the low ftature of the Laplanders * , or their ugly vifage . Lapland is indeed piercing- ly cold ; but fo is Finland , and the northern parts of Norway , the inhabitants of which are tall , comely ...
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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?