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Pagina 8
... caufe ? A partridge , a plo- , ver , a pheasant , would be loft to man for food , were they naturally as much afraid of him as of a hawk or a kite . The divifion of animals into different kinds , ferves another purpose , no lefs im ...
... caufe ? A partridge , a plo- , ver , a pheasant , would be loft to man for food , were they naturally as much afraid of him as of a hawk or a kite . The divifion of animals into different kinds , ferves another purpose , no lefs im ...
Pagina 18
... caufe ? The celebrated Linnæus , inftead of de- fcribing every animal according to its kind , as Adam our firft parent did , has wandered far from nature in claffing ani- mals . He diftributes them into fix claffes , viz . Mammalia ...
... caufe ? The celebrated Linnæus , inftead of de- fcribing every animal according to its kind , as Adam our firft parent did , has wandered far from nature in claffing ani- mals . He diftributes them into fix claffes , viz . Mammalia ...
Pagina 24
... caufe , can account for the copper colour and fmooth chin univerfal among the Americans , the prominence of the pu- denda univerfal among Hottentot women , or the black nipple no lefs univerfal among female Samoides ? The thick fogs of ...
... caufe , can account for the copper colour and fmooth chin univerfal among the Americans , the prominence of the pu- denda univerfal among Hottentot women , or the black nipple no lefs univerfal among female Samoides ? The thick fogs of ...
Pagina 39
... caufe . Such effects cannot be accidental , more than the uniformity of male and female births in all countries and at all times . They cannot be account- ed for from education nor from example ; which indeed may contribute to spread a ...
... caufe . Such effects cannot be accidental , more than the uniformity of male and female births in all countries and at all times . They cannot be account- ed for from education nor from example ; which indeed may contribute to spread a ...
Pagina 40
... caufe . I therefore proceed to inftances of national courage and cowardice , that the reader may judge for himself , whether he can difcover other cause for such steady any uniformity but diversity of race . The northern nations of ...
... caufe . I therefore proceed to inftances of national courage and cowardice , that the reader may judge for himself , whether he can difcover other cause for such steady any uniformity but diversity of race . The northern nations of ...
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Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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?
Pagina 234 - Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto...
Pagina 227 - The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 227 - Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband.