Sketches of the History of Man: In Two Volumes, Volumen 1W. Creech, 1774 |
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... polygamy ; but bury all their children the moment of birth , and chuse in their stead the most promifing children taken in war . There is no principle among animals more prevalent than affection to their offspring : fuppofing the Giagas ...
... polygamy ; but bury all their children the moment of birth , and chuse in their stead the most promifing children taken in war . There is no principle among animals more prevalent than affection to their offspring : fuppofing the Giagas ...
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... polygamy , or introduced fome other matrimonial regulation , which by wri ters might be mistaken for a law appointing matrimony . How- ever that be , one part of the report is undoubtedly falfe ; for it will be made evident afterward ...
... polygamy , or introduced fome other matrimonial regulation , which by wri ters might be mistaken for a law appointing matrimony . How- ever that be , one part of the report is undoubtedly falfe ; for it will be made evident afterward ...
Página 175
... polygamy , or the u- nion of one man with a plurality of women , will not efcape an at- tentive reader . St Augustin and other fathers admit , that polygamy is not prohibited by the law of nature ; and the learned Grotius profeffes the ...
... polygamy , or the u- nion of one man with a plurality of women , will not efcape an at- tentive reader . St Augustin and other fathers admit , that polygamy is not prohibited by the law of nature ; and the learned Grotius profeffes the ...
Página 176
... polygamy be permitted . Were ten women born for one man , as is falfely reported to be the cafe in Bantam , poly- gamy might be the intention of Providence ; but from the equality of males and females , it is clearly the voice of nature ...
... polygamy be permitted . Were ten women born for one man , as is falfely reported to be the cafe in Bantam , poly- gamy might be the intention of Providence ; but from the equality of males and females , it is clearly the voice of nature ...
Página 177
... polygamy : a woman in that state , far from being a companion to her husband , is degra- ded to the rank of a fervant , a mere inftrument of pleafure and propagation . Among many wives there will always be a favou- rite the reft turn ...
... polygamy : a woman in that state , far from being a companion to her husband , is degra- ded to the rank of a fervant , a mere inftrument of pleafure and propagation . Among many wives there will always be a favou- rite the reft turn ...
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Página 105 - 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.
Página 102 - And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God...
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Página 103 - 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.
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