Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1W. Creech, 1813 - 525 páginas |
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Página 38
... senses . The face of their country is nothing but rocks covered with moss it would be scarce ha- bitable but for rein - deer , on which the Laplanders chiefly depend for food . The Macassars , inhabitants of the island Ce- lebes in the ...
... senses . The face of their country is nothing but rocks covered with moss it would be scarce ha- bitable but for rein - deer , on which the Laplanders chiefly depend for food . The Macassars , inhabitants of the island Ce- lebes in the ...
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... sense and men accustomed to enjoyment , search for it in art as well as in nature ; the passage from the one to the other being easy and inviting . Hence the ori- gin and progress of statuary and of painting , in the countries mentioned ...
... sense and men accustomed to enjoyment , search for it in art as well as in nature ; the passage from the one to the other being easy and inviting . Hence the ori- gin and progress of statuary and of painting , in the countries mentioned ...
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... sense and understand- ing are essential to speech . A parrot can pronounce articu- late sounds , and it has frequently an inclination to speak ; but , for want of understanding , none of the kind can form a single sentence . Has an Oran ...
... sense and understand- ing are essential to speech . A parrot can pronounce articu- late sounds , and it has frequently an inclination to speak ; but , for want of understanding , none of the kind can form a single sentence . Has an Oran ...
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... that is , an appe- tite for hunting . Hunger alone is not sufficient : savages who act by sense , not by foresight , move E 2 not not when the stomach is full ; and it would BOOK I PROGRESS OF MEN INDEPENDENT OF SOCIETY,
... that is , an appe- tite for hunting . Hunger alone is not sufficient : savages who act by sense , not by foresight , move E 2 not not when the stomach is full ; and it would BOOK I PROGRESS OF MEN INDEPENDENT OF SOCIETY,
Página 69
... sense , where they tend to mislead him . I give two curious instances . The image of every visible ob- ject is painted on the retina tunica , and by that means the ob- ject makes an impression on the mind . In what manner this is done ...
... sense , where they tend to mislead him . I give two curious instances . The image of every visible ob- ject is painted on the retina tunica , and by that means the ob- ject makes an impression on the mind . In what manner this is done ...
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Adonijah ancient animal love animals anno appears appetite arms arts bards battle beauty Cæsar cause century chastity chief Cicero climate cold commerce common courage daughter Diodorus Siculus enemy England equally Euripides fame feast female sex figure Fingal France Gauls give gold and silver Greece Greek hath heroes Homer honour human hunting husband Iliad industry inhabitants instance invention island Julius Cæsar kind King King of Denmark labour language Lapland less live lord luxury male manners marriage matrimony ment mentioned nations nature Negroes neighbours never Ossian pair passion perfection Plautus plenty polished polygamy present progress purchase quantity race racter refined reign respect Roman Rome savages Saxo Grammaticus says scarce Scotland slaves song soul species strangers sword Tacitus taste Temora temperate thee thou tion tribes ture unto wife wives woman women writers young Zadok the priest
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Página 184 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. 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 183 - 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 182 - Entreat 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. Where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Página 183 - And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab; and she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.
Página 193 - And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet ; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that 5 the earth rent with the sound of them.
Página 186 - 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. And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
Página 188 - Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the " matter will fall : for the man will not be in rest, " until he have finished the thing this day.
Página 182 - I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; would ye tarry for them till they were grown ? would ye stay for them from having husbands ? nay, my daughters ; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.
Página 181 - The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.
Página 167 - Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped ; And they have kept it since, by being dead.