Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen 1Creech, 1778 |
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... fay , what de- gree of conviction they ought to produce . It is easy to form plaufible arguments ; but to form fuch as can ftand the test of time , is not always eafy . I could amuse the reader with numerous examples of conjectural ...
... fay , what de- gree of conviction they ought to produce . It is easy to form plaufible arguments ; but to form fuch as can ftand the test of time , is not always eafy . I could amuse the reader with numerous examples of conjectural ...
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... fays , that birds may be taken with the hand . Hawks , in fome of the South - fea iflands , are equally tame . At Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands , geefe , far from being fhy , may be knocked down with a stick . The birds that inha ...
... fays , that birds may be taken with the hand . Hawks , in fome of the South - fea iflands , are equally tame . At Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands , geefe , far from being fhy , may be knocked down with a stick . The birds that inha ...
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... fays he , of the same spe- cies , because their iffue , a mule , cannot procreate . He applies that rule to man ; holding all men to be of the fame fpecies , because a man and a woman , however different in fize , in fhape , in ...
... fays he , of the same spe- cies , because their iffue , a mule , cannot procreate . He applies that rule to man ; holding all men to be of the fame fpecies , because a man and a woman , however different in fize , in fhape , in ...
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... fay , that it is contrary to a law of nature . But has he given any evidence of this fup- posed law of nature ? On the contrary , he proves it by various inftances not to be a law of nature . He admits the sheep and the goat to be of ...
... fay , that it is contrary to a law of nature . But has he given any evidence of this fup- posed law of nature ? On the contrary , he proves it by various inftances not to be a law of nature . He admits the sheep and the goat to be of ...
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... fays he , one species ; " but their races are different , and have " been fo past all memory ( a ) . " Is not this the fame with faying that the camel and the dromedary are different fpecies of the fame genus ? which alfo holds true of ...
... fays he , one species ; " but their races are different , and have " been fo past all memory ( a ) . " Is not this the fame with faying that the camel and the dromedary are different fpecies of the fame genus ? which alfo holds true of ...
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Página 4 - 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.
Página 243 - 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 237 - 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.
Página 229 - 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?
Página 234 - Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto...
Página 227 - The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.
Página 209 - Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped ; And they have kept it since, by being dead. But, were they now to write, when critics weigh Each line, and...
Página 235 - 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 37 - If dying mortals' doom they sing aright, No ghosts descend to dwell in dreadful night ; No parting souls to grisly Pluto go. Nor seek the dreary silent shades below ; But forth they fly immortal in their kind, And other bodies in new worlds they find...
Página 227 - Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband.