Anthropologia, Volumen1;Volúmenes1873-1875

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Baillière Tindall, & Cox, 1875 - 603 páginas
 

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Página 161 - And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
Página 416 - The physical or organic characters which distinguish the several races of men, are as old as the oldest records of our species.
Página 44 - President, in the chair. The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed, a list of donations was read, and the thanks of the meeting were voted to the donors.
Página 17 - BRABROOK, and unanimously resolved : — " That the thanks of the meeting be given to the President for his Address, and that it be printed in the Journal of the Institute.
Página 207 - ... agree that but one adult male " is seen in a band ; when the young male grows up, a contest " takes place for mastery, and the strongest, by killing and " driving out the others, establishes himself as the head of the
Página 75 - ... their appearance the excitement increased to the pitch of frenzy ; the music redoubled its rapidity, the men in the centre of the tent joined in the uncouth chant, and uttered at short intervals peculiar shrill cries of wild excitement. At a given signal from the native who had led out the couple, the bride darted suddenly into the first polog, and began a rapid flight around the tent, raising the curtains between the pologs successively and passing under. The bridegroom instantly followed in...
Página 64 - The system of Druidism is thought to have been formed in Britain, and from thence carried over into Gaul ; and now those who wish to be more accurately versed in it, for the most part, go thither (ie to Britain) in order to become acquainted with it.
Página 83 - I declare that if we are to look for a hell upon earth, it is where polygamy exists: and that, as polygamy runs riot in Egypt, Egypt is the lowest depth of this hell.
Página 175 - Therefore shall a man leave his father and his Mother and cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
Página 307 - This was accounted sufficient to prove their claim to the new lands ; which might be pleaded with justice enough against any other Europeans, and the rights of the original inhabitants were never taken into notice. Of these stone records, nine more were erected in the reign of king John, along the coast of Africa, as far as the Cape of Good Hope. The fortress in the isle of Arguin was finished, and it was found necessary to build another at S.

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