Essays on the Origin of Society, Language, Property, Government, Jurisdiction, Contracts, and Marriage: Interspersed with Illustrations from the Greek and Galic LanguagesB. Millan, 1785 - 208 pages |
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... Ammianus Marcellinus , lib . xv . Cæfar de Bello Gallico , lib . iv . c . 1 . 6. 12 . Carver's Travels , p . 298 . would , would , to the imagination of a primitive man , 20 ORIGIN OF SOCIETY .
... Ammianus Marcellinus , lib . xv . Cæfar de Bello Gallico , lib . iv . c . 1 . 6. 12 . Carver's Travels , p . 298 . would , would , to the imagination of a primitive man , 20 ORIGIN OF SOCIETY .
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... Ammianus Marcellinus fays of the Alans , " Cunique ad graminea venerint in orbiculatam " figuram locatis Sarracis ferino ritu vefcuntur . " When the wandering fociety made a meal , they fat in the form of a circle ; and though the ...
... Ammianus Marcellinus fays of the Alans , " Cunique ad graminea venerint in orbiculatam " figuram locatis Sarracis ferino ritu vefcuntur . " When the wandering fociety made a meal , they fat in the form of a circle ; and though the ...
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... Ammianus Marcellinus , in his description of the Huns , afcribes to them inconftancy and deceit : « Per inducias infidi , inconftantes . " " Fluxa , ut « est barbaris , fide * , ” are the words of Tacitus . Ir would feem , from the ...
... Ammianus Marcellinus , in his description of the Huns , afcribes to them inconftancy and deceit : « Per inducias infidi , inconftantes . " " Fluxa , ut « est barbaris , fide * , ” are the words of Tacitus . Ir would feem , from the ...
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... Ammianus Marcellinus fays of the Huns , that their paffion for the precious metals was un- bounded : " Auri cupiditate immenfa flagrantes . " Rude in their manners , fierce in their difpofi- tions , the utility of distributive justice ...
... Ammianus Marcellinus fays of the Huns , that their paffion for the precious metals was un- bounded : " Auri cupiditate immenfa flagrantes . " Rude in their manners , fierce in their difpofi- tions , the utility of distributive justice ...
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