Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen2W. Creech, 1788 |
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Página 65
... continued in force , till re- gard for the female sex broke through e- very legal restraint , and established female fucceffion in land , as formerly in move- ables * . The barbarous nations who crush- ed * Juftinian , or more properly ...
... continued in force , till re- gard for the female sex broke through e- very legal restraint , and established female fucceffion in land , as formerly in move- ables * . The barbarous nations who crush- ed * Juftinian , or more properly ...
Página 68
... continued through females , in order to preserve the royal blood un- tainted . When the chief dies , his fon fucceeds not , but his fifter's fon ; who cer- tainly is of the royal blood , whoever be the father and , when the royal family ...
... continued through females , in order to preserve the royal blood un- tainted . When the chief dies , his fon fucceeds not , but his fifter's fon ; who cer- tainly is of the royal blood , whoever be the father and , when the royal family ...
Página 74
... continued long in fashion , with which e- very woman of rank was covered when fhe went abroad . That fashion has not been laid afide above forty years . In I- taly , 1 taly , women were much longer confined than in France 74 MEN ...
... continued long in fashion , with which e- very woman of rank was covered when fhe went abroad . That fashion has not been laid afide above forty years . In I- taly , 1 taly , women were much longer confined than in France 74 MEN ...
Página 113
... continued even after luxury was in- dulged in other refpects . In the war of Xerxes against Greece , it was pleasantly faid of the Abderites , who were burdened with providing for the King's table , that they ought to thank the gods for ...
... continued even after luxury was in- dulged in other refpects . In the war of Xerxes against Greece , it was pleasantly faid of the Abderites , who were burdened with providing for the King's table , that they ought to thank the gods for ...
Página 141
... continued Pagans , they would have invented a new deity to pre- fide over cookery . I fay it with regret , but muft fay it , that a luxurious table , co- vered with every dainty , feems to be their favourite idol . A minifter of ftate ...
... continued Pagans , they would have invented a new deity to pre- fide over cookery . I fay it with regret , but muft fay it , that a luxurious table , co- vered with every dainty , feems to be their favourite idol . A minifter of ftate ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 358 - ... for if any one shall claim a power to lay and levy taxes on the people by his own authority, and without such consent of the people, he thereby invades the fundamental law of property, and subverts the end of government. For what property have I in that which another may by right take when he pleases to himself ? 141.
Página 99 - This at leaft is the cafe of eagles : the male and female hunt together ; and during incubation the female is fed by the male. A greater number than a fingle pair never are feen in company. Gregarious birds pair, in order probably to prevent difcord, in a fociety confined to a narrow fpace.
Página 346 - Though the Prince of Sambaboa had for him the laws of the kingdom, and the hearts of the people, yet he retired in filence to avoid a civil war. He could not, however, prevent men of rank from flocking to him ; which, being interpreted a rebellion, the King raifed an army, vowing to put them all to the fword.
Página 123 - ... uplandifh towns of the realm, religious houfes and manor places of their lords excepted ; but that each made his fire againft a rere-dofle in the hall, where he dined, and dreffed his meat.
Página 306 - There is another advantage of war, that ought not to be overlooked, though not capital. It ferves to drain the country of idlers, few of whom are innocent, and many not a little mifchievous. In...
Página 38 - They get drunk, and in their drunkenness beat us, draw us by the hair of the head, and tread us under foot. And what have we to comfort us for...
Página 5 - Another diftin&ion is equally vifible : The mafter of a family is immediately connected with his country : his wife, his children, his fervants, are immediately connected with him, and with their country through him only. Women accordingly have lefs patriotifm than men ; and lefs bitternefs againft the enemies of their country.
Página 70 - ... the fame country ; and to affign the caufes of thefe differences. Where luxury is unknown, and where people have no wants but what are fuggefted by uncorrupted nature ; men and women live together with great freedom, and with great innocence* In Greece anciently, even young women of rank miniftered to men in bathing.
Página 33 - Wales, fays, that formerly they hardly ever married without a prior cohabitation ; it having been cuftomary for parents to let out their daughters to young men upon trial, for a fum of money told down, and under a penalty if the girls were returned.