Sketches of the History of Man, Volume 2A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... fufficient understanding to make a decent figure under good government ; a greater pro- portion would excite dangerous rivalship . Women have more imagination and more fenfibility than men ; and yet none of them have made an eminent ...
... fufficient understanding to make a decent figure under good government ; a greater pro- portion would excite dangerous rivalship . Women have more imagination and more fenfibility than men ; and yet none of them have made an eminent ...
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... Spartans lent their wives to their friends ; and Cato the elder is faid to have done the fame . The Indians of Calicut frequently exchange wives . If If brutish manners alone be fufficient to degrade the female Sk . VI . 35 Female Sex .
... Spartans lent their wives to their friends ; and Cato the elder is faid to have done the fame . The Indians of Calicut frequently exchange wives . If If brutish manners alone be fufficient to degrade the female Sk . VI . 35 Female Sex .
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Lord Henry Home Kames. If brutish manners alone be fufficient to degrade the female fex , they may reckon upon harsh treatment when purchased to be flaves . The Giagas , a fierce and wan- dering nation in the central parts of Afri- ca ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. If brutish manners alone be fufficient to degrade the female fex , they may reckon upon harsh treatment when purchased to be flaves . The Giagas , a fierce and wan- dering nation in the central parts of Afri- ca ...
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... fufficient time to fearch for food . Pairing is not neceffary to beasts of prey , young can bear a long faft . Add another reason , that they would multiply fo faft by pairing , as to prove troublesome neighbours to the human race ...
... fufficient time to fearch for food . Pairing is not neceffary to beasts of prey , young can bear a long faft . Add another reason , that they would multiply fo faft by pairing , as to prove troublesome neighbours to the human race ...
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... fufficient defence to keep " the house in fafety ; but now , the affu- 66 " " rance of the timber , double doors , locks " and bolts , muft defend the man from แ robbing . Now , have we many chim- neys , and our tenderlings complain of ...
... fufficient defence to keep " the house in fafety ; but now , the affu- 66 " " rance of the timber , double doors , locks " and bolts , muft defend the man from แ robbing . Now , have we many chim- neys , and our tenderlings complain of ...
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