Sketches of the History of Man: In Four Volumes, Volume 1W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, and W. Creech, 1778 |
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... arts , 162 Sect . 1. Useful arts , 162 2. Progress of taste and of the fine arts , 196 5. Progrefs of manners , 314 Sk . VOL . II . Pag . I 6. Progrefs of the female fex , Appendix , Concerning propagation of animals , and care of ...
... arts , 162 Sect . 1. Useful arts , 162 2. Progress of taste and of the fine arts , 196 5. Progrefs of manners , 314 Sk . VOL . II . Pag . I 6. Progrefs of the female fex , Appendix , Concerning propagation of animals , and care of ...
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... arts of life than the favage Canadians have done ; ill clothed and worfe lodged , having no light in their cabins but what came in through a hole in the roof . They were d di- vided into fmall tribes , governed each by a king ; who ...
... arts of life than the favage Canadians have done ; ill clothed and worfe lodged , having no light in their cabins but what came in through a hole in the roof . They were d di- vided into fmall tribes , governed each by a king ; who ...
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... arts . Where the influence of the fun is great , people are enervated with heat ? where little , they are benumbed ... art as well as in nature ; the paf- fage from the one to the other being eafy and inviting . Hence the origin and pro ...
... arts . Where the influence of the fun is great , people are enervated with heat ? where little , they are benumbed ... art as well as in nature ; the paf- fage from the one to the other being eafy and inviting . Hence the origin and pro ...
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... arts are gain- ing ground daily . May it not be expect- ed , that the genius and fenfibility of the inhabitants , will in time produce other works of art , to rival their gardens ? How delightful to a true - hearted Briton is the ...
... arts are gain- ing ground daily . May it not be expect- ed , that the genius and fenfibility of the inhabitants , will in time produce other works of art , to rival their gardens ? How delightful to a true - hearted Briton is the ...
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... arts t . • The philofopher's stone , he was restored by the Dey of Algiers , upon promifing to communicate the fecret to him . Mahomet with pomp and folemnity fent a plough ; intimating , that agriculture is the ftrength of a kingdom ...
... arts t . • The philofopher's stone , he was restored by the Dey of Algiers , upon promifing to communicate the fecret to him . Mahomet with pomp and folemnity fent a plough ; intimating , that agriculture is the ftrength of a kingdom ...
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