Sketches of the History of Man, Volume 1W. Creech, 1807 - Civilization |
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Page 23
... cuftom in Africa of dying the fkin black . Let a European for years expofe him- felf to the fun in a hot climate , till he be quite brown , his children will nevertheless have the fame complexion with thofe in Europe . The Hottentots ...
... cuftom in Africa of dying the fkin black . Let a European for years expofe him- felf to the fun in a hot climate , till he be quite brown , his children will nevertheless have the fame complexion with thofe in Europe . The Hottentots ...
Page 52
... cuftom prevailing over one of the moft vigorous laws of nature . The author of an account of Guiana , mentioning a deadly poifon compofed by the natives , fays , " I do not find , that even " in their wars they ever ufe poifoned arrows ...
... cuftom prevailing over one of the moft vigorous laws of nature . The author of an account of Guiana , mentioning a deadly poifon compofed by the natives , fays , " I do not find , that even " in their wars they ever ufe poifoned arrows ...
Page 77
... cuf- tom : once hunters , men will always be hunters , till they be forced out of that ftate by fome over- powering caufe . Hunger , the caufe here affigned , is of all the moft overpowering ; and the fame caufe , overcoming indolence ...
... cuf- tom : once hunters , men will always be hunters , till they be forced out of that ftate by fome over- powering caufe . Hunger , the caufe here affigned , is of all the moft overpowering ; and the fame caufe , overcoming indolence ...
Page 129
... cuftom . The blacks of Jamaica are ftill more rude in their buildings : their huts are erected without even a hole in the roof ; and , according- ly , at home they breathe nothing but fmoke . Revenge produced early hoftile weapons . The ...
... cuftom . The blacks of Jamaica are ftill more rude in their buildings : their huts are erected without even a hole in the roof ; and , according- ly , at home they breathe nothing but fmoke . Revenge produced early hoftile weapons . The ...
Page 132
... cuftom of reclining upon beds being afterward co- pied from Afia ; and , like other favages , they were great eaters . At the time mentioned , they had no chimneys , nor candles , nor lamps . Torches are frequently mentioned by Homer ...
... cuftom of reclining upon beds being afterward co- pied from Afia ; and , like other favages , they were great eaters . At the time mentioned , they had no chimneys , nor candles , nor lamps . Torches are frequently mentioned by Homer ...
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