The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Том 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... live no where else . Some have affirmed , upon the credit of Olaus , that these people were originally natives of Finland , and that they removed into Lapland , where they diminish- ed in stature : but why might they not as well have ...
... live no where else . Some have affirmed , upon the credit of Olaus , that these people were originally natives of Finland , and that they removed into Lapland , where they diminish- ed in stature : but why might they not as well have ...
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... live contented , and free from diseases , notwithstanding the excessive cold- ness of their climate ; they drink nothing but water , and attain to a great age . The custom imputed to them of entreating strangers to lie with their wives ...
... live contented , and free from diseases , notwithstanding the excessive cold- ness of their climate ; they drink nothing but water , and attain to a great age . The custom imputed to them of entreating strangers to lie with their wives ...
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... live among them ; as the Amazons are said never to have admitted any man . The women , whom they make use of for propagation , live upon other islands on the river ; they have no marriages amongst them , nor any domestic economy ; they ...
... live among them ; as the Amazons are said never to have admitted any man . The women , whom they make use of for propagation , live upon other islands on the river ; they have no marriages amongst them , nor any domestic economy ; they ...
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... live in caverns and huts , amidst the snow ; but in other respects , nature has made a visible difference between this species of men and the Laplanders . Their upper jaw pro- jects forward , so as to be on a level with their nose , and ...
... live in caverns and huts , amidst the snow ; but in other respects , nature has made a visible difference between this species of men and the Laplanders . Their upper jaw pro- jects forward , so as to be on a level with their nose , and ...
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... live together in herds or clans , have a kind of worship , and pray to the principal object of their wants ; they adore the skin of a sheep , because this creature is of all others the most serviceable to them ; just as the Egyptian ...
... live together in herds or clans , have a kind of worship , and pray to the principal object of their wants ; they adore the skin of a sheep , because this creature is of all others the most serviceable to them ; just as the Egyptian ...
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