Sketches of the History of Man: In Two Volumes, Band 1W. Creech, 1774 |
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... Lapland would be uninhabitable but for rain - deer , an animal fo entirely fitted for piercing cold , that it cannot fubfift even in a temperate climate . Arabian and Barbary horfes degenerate in Bri- tain ; and to preserve the breed in ...
... Lapland would be uninhabitable but for rain - deer , an animal fo entirely fitted for piercing cold , that it cannot fubfift even in a temperate climate . Arabian and Barbary horfes degenerate in Bri- tain ; and to preserve the breed in ...
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... Lapland is indeed piercing- ly cold ; but fo is Finland , and the northern parts of Norway , the inhabitants of which are tall , comely , and well proportioned . The black colour of negroes , thick lips , flat nofe , crifped woolly hair ...
... Lapland is indeed piercing- ly cold ; but fo is Finland , and the northern parts of Norway , the inhabitants of which are tall , comely , and well proportioned . The black colour of negroes , thick lips , flat nofe , crifped woolly hair ...
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... Lapland- ers , and Greenlanders . The Finlanders and northern Norwegians live in a climate not lefs cold than that of the people men- tioned ; and yet are fair beyond other Europeans . I fay more , there are many inftances of races of ...
... Lapland- ers , and Greenlanders . The Finlanders and northern Norwegians live in a climate not lefs cold than that of the people men- tioned ; and yet are fair beyond other Europeans . I fay more , there are many inftances of races of ...
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... Lapland , differs widely from the authors men- tioned ; for he ascribes the pufillanimity of the Laplanders to the coldness of their climate . ( a ) De moribus Germanorum , cap . 35 . in that amusement : there is fcarce a peafant but in ...
... Lapland , differs widely from the authors men- tioned ; for he ascribes the pufillanimity of the Laplanders to the coldness of their climate . ( a ) De moribus Germanorum , cap . 35 . in that amusement : there is fcarce a peafant but in ...
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... Lapland ; houfes not being prepared , nor any other convenience to protect them against a destructive climate . Against this history it has indeed been urged , " that the circumstances mentioned evince it to be purely an allegory ...
... Lapland ; houfes not being prepared , nor any other convenience to protect them against a destructive climate . Against this history it has indeed been urged , " that the circumstances mentioned evince it to be purely an allegory ...
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Seite xii - 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.
Seite 123 - The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Seite 122 - 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...
Seite 126 - 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.
Seite 125 - And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn : and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
Seite 123 - And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
Seite 123 - Hearest thou not my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens : let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them : have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
Seite 122 - So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
Seite 123 - And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers : and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
Seite 461 - 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?