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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... equally tame . At Port Egmont in the Falkland iflands , geefe , far from being fhy , may be knocked down with a ftick . The birds that inhabit certain rocks hang- ing over the fea , in the ifland of Annabon , take food readily out of a ...
... equally tame . At Port Egmont in the Falkland iflands , geefe , far from being fhy , may be knocked down with a ftick . The birds that inhabit certain rocks hang- ing over the fea , in the ifland of Annabon , take food readily out of a ...
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... equally for every climate . Is there not then reason to conclude , that as there are different climates , fo there are different fpecies of men fitted for these different climates ? The inhabitants of the frozen regions of the north ...
... equally for every climate . Is there not then reason to conclude , that as there are different climates , fo there are different fpecies of men fitted for these different climates ? The inhabitants of the frozen regions of the north ...
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... equally hot : they are far from equalling in vigor of mind or body the nations from which they fprung . The Spanish inhabitants of Carthagena in South Ame- Ribaslofe their vigor and color in a few months . Their motions are languid ...
... equally hot : they are far from equalling in vigor of mind or body the nations from which they fprung . The Spanish inhabitants of Carthagena in South Ame- Ribaslofe their vigor and color in a few months . Their motions are languid ...
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... equally courageous . Provi . dence has placed these nations , each of them , in its proper climate cold would benumb a Ma- layan in Sweden , heat would enervate a Swede in Malacca ; and both would be rendered cowards . I ftop here ; for ...
... equally courageous . Provi . dence has placed these nations , each of them , in its proper climate cold would benumb a Ma- layan in Sweden , heat would enervate a Swede in Malacca ; and both would be rendered cowards . I ftop here ; for ...
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... equally pofitive . The Balearic islands , Majorca , Minorca , Yvica are at no great distance from Sicily ; and yet Diodorus the Sici- lian reports of the inhabitants , that at the folem- nization of marriage all the male friends , and ...
... equally pofitive . The Balearic islands , Majorca , Minorca , Yvica are at no great distance from Sicily ; and yet Diodorus the Sici- lian reports of the inhabitants , that at the folem- nization of marriage all the male friends , and ...
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