Sketches of the History of Man, Band 1W. Creech, 1788 |
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... Laplanders * , and their ug- ly vifage . Lapland is indeed piercingly 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 ...
... Laplanders * , and their ug- ly vifage . Lapland is indeed piercingly 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 ...
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... Laplanders , and Greenlanders , are of a fallow complexion ; for which he has the following falvo , that the extremities of heat and of cold pro- duce nearly the fame effects on the skin . ( a ) Book 5 . But But he is totally filent ...
... Laplanders , and Greenlanders , are of a fallow complexion ; for which he has the following falvo , that the extremities of heat and of cold pro- duce nearly the fame effects on the skin . ( a ) Book 5 . But But he is totally filent ...
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... Laplanders , and Green- landers . The Finlanders and northern Norwegians live in a climate no lefs cold that that of the people mentioned , and yet are fair beyond other Europeans . I fay more , there are many inftances of races of ...
... Laplanders , and Green- landers . The Finlanders and northern Norwegians live in a climate no lefs cold that that of the people mentioned , and yet are fair beyond other Europeans . I fay more , there are many inftances of races of ...
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... Laplanders are of all men the most timid : upon the slightest surprise they fall down in a fwoon , like the feebleft female in Eng- land : thunder deprives them of their five fenfes . The face of their country is no- thing but rocks ...
... Laplanders are of all men the most timid : upon the slightest surprise they fall down in a fwoon , like the feebleft female in Eng- land : thunder deprives them of their five fenfes . The face of their country is no- thing but rocks ...
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... Laplanders nor Samoides correspond to his defcription , being remarkable for pufillani- mity , though inhabitants of a bitter - cold country * . Laftly , a cold climate doth not always make the inhabitants averse to occupations that ...
... Laplanders nor Samoides correspond to his defcription , being remarkable for pufillani- mity , though inhabitants of a bitter - cold country * . Laftly , a cold climate doth not always make the inhabitants averse to occupations that ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 234 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. 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 240 - Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place : ye are witnesses this day.
Seite 3 - 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 230 - The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.
Seite 239 - Elimelech's: and I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it : but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know : for there is none to redeem it beside thee ; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
Seite 232 - 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 : why call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Seite 237 - Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto...
Seite 246 - And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
Seite 234 - And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers : and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
Seite 241 - And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.