Sketches of the History of Man, Volym 1Creech, 1778 |
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... Most of the fubjects handled in the fol- lowing fheets , admit but of probable rea- foning ; and with refpect to fuch reafon- ings , it is often difficult to fay , what de- gree of conviction they ought to produce . It is easy to form ...
... Most of the fubjects handled in the fol- lowing fheets , admit but of probable rea- foning ; and with refpect to fuch reafon- ings , it is often difficult to fay , what de- gree of conviction they ought to produce . It is easy to form ...
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... most dogs have it . Unless di- rected by nature , innocent animals would not know their enemy till they were in its clutches . A hare flies with precipitation from the first dog it ever faw ; and a chicken , upon the firft fight of a ...
... most dogs have it . Unless di- rected by nature , innocent animals would not know their enemy till they were in its clutches . A hare flies with precipitation from the first dog it ever faw ; and a chicken , upon the firft fight of a ...
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... most wholesome food for the people who are fit- ted to live in it . Between the tropics , the natives live chiefly on fruits , feeds , and roots ; and it is the opinion of the most knowing naturalifts , that fuch food is of all the most ...
... most wholesome food for the people who are fit- ted to live in it . Between the tropics , the natives live chiefly on fruits , feeds , and roots ; and it is the opinion of the most knowing naturalifts , that fuch food is of all the most ...
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... most wholesome ; and there both animals and vegetables a- bound . In a cold climate , animals are in plenty , but few vegetables that can ferve for food to man . What phyficians pro- nounce upon that head , I know not ; but if we dare ...
... most wholesome ; and there both animals and vegetables a- bound . In a cold climate , animals are in plenty , but few vegetables that can ferve for food to man . What phyficians pro- nounce upon that head , I know not ; but if we dare ...
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... most part fo blended by war , by commerce , or by other means , that vain would be the at- tempt to trace out an original character in cultivated nation . But there are fa- vage tribes , which , as far as can be difco- vered , continue ...
... most part fo blended by war , by commerce , or by other means , that vain would be the at- tempt to trace out an original character in cultivated nation . But there are fa- vage tribes , which , as far as can be difco- vered , continue ...
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Sida 4 - And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the Field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Sida 243 - And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
Sida 237 - Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place : ye are witnesses this day.
Sida 229 - And she said unto them : Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty : why call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Sida 234 - Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto...
Sida 227 - The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.
Sida 209 - Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped ; And they have kept it since, by being dead. But, were they now to write, when critics weigh Each line, and...
Sida 235 - And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
Sida 37 - If dying mortals' doom they sing aright, No ghosts descend to dwell in dreadful night ; No parting souls to grisly Pluto go. Nor seek the dreary silent shades below ; But forth they fly immortal in their kind, And other bodies in new worlds they find...
Sida 227 - Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband.