Sketches of the History of Man: In Two Volumes, Volumen 1W. Creech, 1774 |
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... wives and children , and throw themselves into the midst of their enemies . And yet thefe people are abundantly free . Their want of active courage is the more furprifing , be- cause they make no difficulty of fuicide when they fall ...
... wives and children , and throw themselves into the midst of their enemies . And yet thefe people are abundantly free . Their want of active courage is the more furprifing , be- cause they make no difficulty of fuicide when they fall ...
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... wives and children are killed in their fight , they ftand infenfible , and give no figns either of anger or of compaf- fion . This I cannot believe upon so flight testimony ; and the Greeks and Romans were at that time extremely ...
... wives and children are killed in their fight , they ftand infenfible , and give no figns either of anger or of compaf- fion . This I cannot believe upon so flight testimony ; and the Greeks and Romans were at that time extremely ...
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... wives . Food must be extremely plenti- ful to enable a man to maintain fo many children . It would re- quire extraordinary skill and labour to make Europe fo popu- lous : an acre and an half of wheat is barely fufficient to maintain a ...
... wives . Food must be extremely plenti- ful to enable a man to maintain fo many children . It would re- quire extraordinary skill and labour to make Europe fo popu- lous : an acre and an half of wheat is barely fufficient to maintain a ...
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... wives of the In- dians ; and in general treated them with great cruelty . Such e- normities did not long pass unresented : the rapacious Spaniards , after much bloodfhed , were fhut up in their fort , and reduced to extremity ...
... wives of the In- dians ; and in general treated them with great cruelty . Such e- normities did not long pass unresented : the rapacious Spaniards , after much bloodfhed , were fhut up in their fort , and reduced to extremity ...
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... wife people , having acquired a stock of money fufficient for an extenfive commerce , will tremble at a balance too advantageous : they will reft fatisfied with an equal balance , which is the golden mean . A difadvantageous balance may ...
... wife people , having acquired a stock of money fufficient for an extenfive commerce , will tremble at a balance too advantageous : they will reft fatisfied with an equal balance , which is the golden mean . A difadvantageous balance may ...
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Página 102 - 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 101 - The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.
Página 104 - 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.
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...
Página 104 - 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.
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.
Página 105 - Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well...
Página 104 - Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.