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... labours of naturalists have not yet been " able to give us an adequate idea of them . ” * The science of comparative anatomy , too , furnish- es very striking confirmations of the foregoing doc- trine . From seeing the effect produced ...
... labours of naturalists have not yet been " able to give us an adequate idea of them . ” * The science of comparative anatomy , too , furnish- es very striking confirmations of the foregoing doc- trine . From seeing the effect produced ...
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... bium pravitas , ut mures etiam atheismum urbe profiteantur ? — Horace's Satires and Art of Poetry translated into Italian verse , with Notes . Milan , 1784 . ed ) " blesses the labours of the husbandman by AND MORAL POWERS OF MAN . 85.
... bium pravitas , ut mures etiam atheismum urbe profiteantur ? — Horace's Satires and Art of Poetry translated into Italian verse , with Notes . Milan , 1784 . ed ) " blesses the labours of the husbandman by AND MORAL POWERS OF MAN . 85.
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Dugald Stewart. ed ) " blesses the labours of the husbandman by a " continued miracle wrought in his favour , as a " reward for his innocent life and virtuous indus- 66 try . " SECTION IV . Digression with respect to the Use and Abuse of ...
Dugald Stewart. ed ) " blesses the labours of the husbandman by a " continued miracle wrought in his favour , as a " reward for his innocent life and virtuous indus- 66 try . " SECTION IV . Digression with respect to the Use and Abuse of ...
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... labour of tillage . Mankind stood in no need of raiment to cover their bodies , being " troubled with no inclemency of the seasons ; and they took their rest on turf of a perpetual verdure . " Under the reign of Jupiter , Saturn , the ...
... labour of tillage . Mankind stood in no need of raiment to cover their bodies , being " troubled with no inclemency of the seasons ; and they took their rest on turf of a perpetual verdure . " Under the reign of Jupiter , Saturn , the ...
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... labour and exertion both of body and of mind to which we are doomed by the necessities of our na- ture ; -doomed as we are to " eat our bread in the 66 sweat of our brows . " When we compare the condition of man at the moment of his ...
... labour and exertion both of body and of mind to which we are doomed by the necessities of our na- ture ; -doomed as we are to " eat our bread in the 66 sweat of our brows . " When we compare the condition of man at the moment of his ...
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