Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen 1W. Creech, 1807 |
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Página 326
... polygamy is far from preventing a- dultery , a truth finely illuftrated in Nathan's pa- rable to David . What judgment , then , are we to form of the opulent cities , London and Pa- ris , where pleasure is the ruling paffion , and where ...
... polygamy is far from preventing a- dultery , a truth finely illuftrated in Nathan's pa- rable to David . What judgment , then , are we to form of the opulent cities , London and Pa- ris , where pleasure is the ruling paffion , and where ...
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... polygamy never was known among the northern nations of Europe . Saxo Grammaticus , who wrote the hiftory of Denmark in the twelfth century , gives not the flightest hint of polygamy , even among kings and princes . Crantz , in his ...
... polygamy never was known among the northern nations of Europe . Saxo Grammaticus , who wrote the hiftory of Denmark in the twelfth century , gives not the flightest hint of polygamy , even among kings and princes . Crantz , in his ...
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... polygamy , or introdu- ced fome other matrimonial regulation , which by writers might be mistaken for a law appointing matrimony . However that be , one part of the report is undoubtedly erroneous ; for it will be made evident afterward ...
... polygamy , or introdu- ced fome other matrimonial regulation , which by writers might be mistaken for a law appointing matrimony . However that be , one part of the report is undoubtedly erroneous ; for it will be made evident afterward ...
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... polygamy , or the union of one man with a plurality of women , will not escape an at- tentive reader . St Auguftin and other fathers ad- mit , that polygamy is not prohibited by the law of nature ; and the learned Grotius profeffes the ...
... polygamy , or the union of one man with a plurality of women , will not escape an at- tentive reader . St Auguftin and other fathers ad- mit , that polygamy is not prohibited by the law of nature ; and the learned Grotius profeffes the ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames. therefore polygamy is contradictory to the plan of Providence . Were ten women born for one man , as is erroneously reported to be the cafe in Ban- tam , polygamy might be the intention of Provi- dence ; but from ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. therefore polygamy is contradictory to the plan of Providence . Were ten women born for one man , as is erroneously reported to be the cafe in Ban- tam , polygamy might be the intention of Provi- dence ; but from ...
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Página 166 - 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.
Página 165 - ... kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth : lie down until the morning.
Página 171 - 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.
Página 161 - 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...
Página 165 - 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.
Página 162 - 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.
Página 161 - 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.
Página 159 - The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.
Página 160 - Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb that they may be your husbands?