Sketches of the History of Man: Considerably Enlarged by the Last Additions and Corrections of the Author. ...J. J. Tourneisen, 1796 - 376 páginas |
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... courage or cowardice to be a national cha- racter . Individuals differ widely as to thefe ; but a national character of courage or cowardice must depend on a permanent and invariable caufe . I there- fore proceed to inftances of ...
... courage or cowardice to be a national cha- racter . Individuals differ widely as to thefe ; but a national character of courage or cowardice must depend on a permanent and invariable caufe . I there- fore proceed to inftances of ...
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... courage of the Scandina vians . The Caledonians were eminent for that vir tue ; and yet had no fuch opinion of happiness after death , as to make them fond of dying . Souls after death were believed to have but a gloomy fort of ...
... courage of the Scandina vians . The Caledonians were eminent for that vir tue ; and yet had no fuch opinion of happiness after death , as to make them fond of dying . Souls after death were believed to have but a gloomy fort of ...
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... courage . The inhabitants of New Zea- land are the most intrepid , and the leaft apt to be alarmed at danger . The Giagas are a fierce and bold people in the midst of the torrid zone of Africa and fo are the Anfieki , bordering on Lo ...
... courage . The inhabitants of New Zea- land are the most intrepid , and the leaft apt to be alarmed at danger . The Giagas are a fierce and bold people in the midst of the torrid zone of Africa and fo are the Anfieki , bordering on Lo ...
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... courage . The people in that part of New Holland must be of a race very different from thofe whom Dampier faw . 23 A noted author " holds all favages to be bold , impetuous , and proud ; affigning for a caufe , their equality and ...
... courage . The people in that part of New Holland must be of a race very different from thofe whom Dampier faw . 23 A noted author " holds all favages to be bold , impetuous , and proud ; affigning for a caufe , their equality and ...
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... courage , their paffive courage is beyond concep- tion . Every writer expatiates on the torments they endure , not , only patiently , but with fingular fortitude ; deriding their tormentors , and braving their utmost cruelty . North ...
... courage , their paffive courage is beyond concep- tion . Every writer expatiates on the torments they endure , not , only patiently , but with fingular fortitude ; deriding their tormentors , and braving their utmost cruelty . North ...
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