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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... mentioned in the preliminary difcourfe . The hazard of being mifled by fuch arguments , gave the author much anxiety ; and , after his utmost attention , he can but faintly hope , that he has not often wandered far from truth . TO THE ...
... mentioned in the preliminary difcourfe . The hazard of being mifled by fuch arguments , gave the author much anxiety ; and , after his utmost attention , he can but faintly hope , that he has not often wandered far from truth . TO THE ...
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... mentioned ; which is , to fit them for different cli- mates . We learn from experience , that no animal nor vegetable is equally fitted for every climatę ; and from experience we alfo learn , that there is no animal nor vegetable but ...
... mentioned ; which is , to fit them for different cli- mates . We learn from experience , that no animal nor vegetable is equally fitted for every climatę ; and from experience we alfo learn , that there is no animal nor vegetable but ...
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... mentioned , or the different races or varieties , as M. Buffon is pleased to name them ? Uniformity invariable must be a law in their nature , for it never can be afcribed to chance . There are mongrels , it is true , among dogs , from ...
... mentioned , or the different races or varieties , as M. Buffon is pleased to name them ? Uniformity invariable must be a law in their nature , for it never can be afcribed to chance . There are mongrels , it is true , among dogs , from ...
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... mentioned , and yet are fair beyond other Europeans . I fay more , there are many in- ftances of races of people preferving their original color in climates very different from their own ; and not a fingle inftance of the contrary , as ...
... mentioned , and yet are fair beyond other Europeans . I fay more , there are many in- ftances of races of people preferving their original color in climates very different from their own ; and not a fingle inftance of the contrary , as ...
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... mentioned , particularly in having no arms . The Dutch , failing round the island , saw abundance of cocoa - trees planted in rows , with many other fruit - bearing trees , kept in excellent order . Com- modore Roggewein , commander of ...
... mentioned , particularly in having no arms . The Dutch , failing round the island , saw abundance of cocoa - trees planted in rows , with many other fruit - bearing trees , kept in excellent order . Com- modore Roggewein , commander of ...
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