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... prefent have always fub- fifted ; which ought to be held as true , till pofitive evidence be brought of the contrary : instead of which we are put off with bare fuppofitions and poffibilities . But not to rest entirely upon prefumptive ...
... prefent have always fub- fifted ; which ought to be held as true , till pofitive evidence be brought of the contrary : instead of which we are put off with bare fuppofitions and poffibilities . But not to rest entirely upon prefumptive ...
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... prefent , tho ' numerous , bear no propor- tion to what formerly exifted . We find original tribes gradually enlarging ; by conquest frequently , and more frequently by the union of weak tribes for mutual defence . Such events promote ...
... prefent , tho ' numerous , bear no propor- tion to what formerly exifted . We find original tribes gradually enlarging ; by conquest frequently , and more frequently by the union of weak tribes for mutual defence . Such events promote ...
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... as ever it was , tho ' its migrations have ceafed , corn and commerce having put an end ( a ) Hiftorical Law - tracts , tra & 1 . to to that peftilence * . Denmark at prefent feeds 2,000,000 48 Book I. MEN AS INDIVIDUALS .
... as ever it was , tho ' its migrations have ceafed , corn and commerce having put an end ( a ) Hiftorical Law - tracts , tra & 1 . to to that peftilence * . Denmark at prefent feeds 2,000,000 48 Book I. MEN AS INDIVIDUALS .
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In Two Volumes Lord Henry Home Kames. to that peftilence * . Denmark at prefent feeds 2,000,000 of in- habitants , Sweden , according to a lift made up anno 1760 , 2,383,113 ; and these countries must be much more populous than of old ...
In Two Volumes Lord Henry Home Kames. to that peftilence * . Denmark at prefent feeds 2,000,000 of in- habitants , Sweden , according to a lift made up anno 1760 , 2,383,113 ; and these countries must be much more populous than of old ...
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... prefent be con- fiderable by the ordinary progrefs of population . Have we not reason to dread new eruptions , like what formerly happened ? Our foreknowledge of future events extends not far ; but fo far as it When the Tartars under ...
... prefent be con- fiderable by the ordinary progrefs of population . Have we not reason to dread new eruptions , like what formerly happened ? Our foreknowledge of future events extends not far ; but fo far as it When the Tartars under ...
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