Sketches of the History of Man: In Four Volumes, Volume 1W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, and W. Creech, 1778 |
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Page 102
... France , is as cold as Iceland . The caufes are its nitrous foil , and its height without any fhelter from the west wind that has paffed through an immenfe continent extremely cold . A cer- tain place near the fource of the river Ka ...
... France , is as cold as Iceland . The caufes are its nitrous foil , and its height without any fhelter from the west wind that has paffed through an immenfe continent extremely cold . A cer- tain place near the fource of the river Ka ...
Page 112
... France devour at present more food than the fame number did formerly . The like is obfervable in Britain , and in every country where luxury abounds . Reme- dies are proposed and put in practice , ce- libacy difgraced , marriage ...
... France devour at present more food than the fame number did formerly . The like is obfervable in Britain , and in every country where luxury abounds . Reme- dies are proposed and put in practice , ce- libacy difgraced , marriage ...
Page 118
... France or Britain , leffens it still more . Extend that commerce through Europe , through the world , and there will remain foarce a veftige of the inequalities of chance : the crop of corn may , fail in one province , or in one kingdom ...
... France or Britain , leffens it still more . Extend that commerce through Europe , through the world , and there will remain foarce a veftige of the inequalities of chance : the crop of corn may , fail in one province , or in one kingdom ...
Page 157
... home , and keep open the foreign market . By neglecting that falutary measure , the Dutch have loft all their manufactures , a neglect that has greatly 1 greatly benefited both England and France . The Dutch Sk . III . 157 Commerce .
... home , and keep open the foreign market . By neglecting that falutary measure , the Dutch have loft all their manufactures , a neglect that has greatly 1 greatly benefited both England and France . The Dutch Sk . III . 157 Commerce .
Page 158
In Four Volumes Lord Henry Home Kames. 1 greatly benefited both England and France . The Dutch indeed act prudently in with- holding that benefit as much as poffible from their powerful neighbours to pre- vent purchasing from them , they ...
In Four Volumes Lord Henry Home Kames. 1 greatly benefited both England and France . The Dutch indeed act prudently in with- holding that benefit as much as poffible from their powerful neighbours to pre- vent purchasing from them , they ...
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