Essays on the Origin of Society, Language, Property, Government, Jurisdiction, Contracts, and Marriage: Interspersed with Illustrations from the Greek and Galic Languages. By James Grant, ...B. Millan, 1785 - 208 pages |
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... living in caves , in the holes of rocks , or hollows of trees , as the effufion of poetical fancy , as the offspring of the vain credulity of fabulous hifto- rians , or as the invention of travellers who de- light in the relation of ...
... living in caves , in the holes of rocks , or hollows of trees , as the effufion of poetical fancy , as the offspring of the vain credulity of fabulous hifto- rians , or as the invention of travellers who de- light in the relation of ...
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... living in a rude state of fociety , and inhabiting thofe tracts of the earth where fuftenance is to be procured by dexterity , addrefs , and enterprize . THE Occupation of hunting the wild beafts of the field , is an emblem of war among ...
... living in a rude state of fociety , and inhabiting thofe tracts of the earth where fuftenance is to be procured by dexterity , addrefs , and enterprize . THE Occupation of hunting the wild beafts of the field , is an emblem of war among ...
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... living in a body became then incompatible . Branches naturally iffued from the main stock . Thus colonies were fent forth , and the earth was peopled . Mankind affociated from a principle of natural affection towards the fpecies . Their ...
... living in a body became then incompatible . Branches naturally iffued from the main stock . Thus colonies were fent forth , and the earth was peopled . Mankind affociated from a principle of natural affection towards the fpecies . Their ...
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... living language , which tend to throw fome light upon the original condition of Man , and to mark the train of his ideas in his primeval state of exist- ence . THE Galic language , fpoken by the Caledo- nians , or , as they are now ...
... living language , which tend to throw fome light upon the original condition of Man , and to mark the train of his ideas in his primeval state of exist- ence . THE Galic language , fpoken by the Caledo- nians , or , as they are now ...
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... may be expected , will be found , of the ideas and notions of mankind living in a state of primeval fimpli city ; and if fo , a monument is still preserved of the the primitive manners of the human race , while as ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE . 31.
... may be expected , will be found , of the ideas and notions of mankind living in a state of primeval fimpli city ; and if fo , a monument is still preserved of the the primitive manners of the human race , while as ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE . 31.
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Page 145 - Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine : And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
Page 139 - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Page 3 - And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every, tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food ; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Page 139 - The land through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it, are men of a great stature. And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants : and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Page 201 - In procreation common to all kinds (Though higher of the genial Bed by far, And with mysterious reverence I deem) So much delights me, as those graceful acts, Those thousand decencies that daily flow From all her words and actions, mixt with Love And sweet compliance, which declare unfeign'd Union of Mind, or in us both one Soul; Harmony to behold in wedded pair More grateful than harmonious sound to the ear.
Page 145 - And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do.
Page 139 - And it came to pass, when men began to multiply upon the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Page 82 - The victim falls; they strip the smoking hide, The beast they quarter, and the joints divide; Then spread the tables, the repast prepare, Each takes his seat, and each receives his share.
Page 189 - E. that would furnish them for a time with subsistence, and left behind them when, after it was exhausted, they went away : But in places where they remained only for a night or two, they slept without any shelter, except the bushes or grass, which is here near two feet high.
Page 188 - Terra del Fuego, and in some respects they are inferior even to them. At Botany Bay, where they were best, they were just high enough for a man to sit upright in ; but not large enough for him to extend himself in his whole length in any direction : they are built with pliable rods about as thick as a man's finger, in the form of an oven, by sticking...