Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1W. Creech, 1807 |
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... Prefent a rabbit , even dead , to a young ferret that never had feen a rabbit : it throws itfelf upon the body , and bites it with fury . A hound has the fame faculty with refpect to a hare ; and moft dogs have it . Unless directed by ...
... Prefent a rabbit , even dead , to a young ferret that never had feen a rabbit : it throws itfelf upon the body , and bites it with fury . A hound has the fame faculty with refpect to a hare ; and moft dogs have it . Unless directed by ...
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... could not comprehend the ufe of knives , of- fered to them in a prefent . In another part of the Straits , the natives were highly delighted . ம with prefents of the fame kind . M. Bougainville ,. with 28 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE .
... could not comprehend the ufe of knives , of- fered to them in a prefent . In another part of the Straits , the natives were highly delighted . ம with prefents of the fame kind . M. Bougainville ,. with 28 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE .
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... prefent : for , if I mistake not , effects directly oppofite may be drawn from the caufe affigned by this writer ; as plaufible at leaft , I do not fay better founded on truth . I will make an attempt : it may amufe the reader . And to ...
... prefent : for , if I mistake not , effects directly oppofite may be drawn from the caufe affigned by this writer ; as plaufible at leaft , I do not fay better founded on truth . I will make an attempt : it may amufe the reader . And to ...
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... ? The prefumption is , that the varieties fubfifting at prefent have always fubfifted ; which ought to be held as true , till pofitive evidence be brought of the the contrary : inftead of which we are put off. 56 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE .
... ? The prefumption is , that the varieties fubfifting at prefent have always fubfifted ; which ought to be held as true , till pofitive evidence be brought of the the contrary : inftead of which we are put off. 56 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE .
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... prefent . Giving allowance for every fuppofable variation of climate or of other natural caufes , what can follow , as obferved about the dog - kind , but endless varieties among indivi- duals , duals , as among tulips in a garden , fo.
... prefent . Giving allowance for every fuppofable variation of climate or of other natural caufes , what can follow , as obferved about the dog - kind , but endless varieties among indivi- duals , duals , as among tulips in a garden , fo.
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