American Quarterly Review, Issues 39-40Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 - Serial publications |
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... condition of the inhabit- ants . These general remarks must be taken with many limitations , so far as respects some parts of the Oceanic region . In the Pa- cific or South Sea Islands the quadrupeds are very few , and those small ; the ...
... condition of the inhabit- ants . These general remarks must be taken with many limitations , so far as respects some parts of the Oceanic region . In the Pa- cific or South Sea Islands the quadrupeds are very few , and those small ; the ...
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... condition ; generally speaking , they lead a roving life , depending not upon agricul ture , but upon the products which the bounty of nature has provided for them . Some are now known to be cannibals , and living in constant warfare ...
... condition ; generally speaking , they lead a roving life , depending not upon agricul ture , but upon the products which the bounty of nature has provided for them . Some are now known to be cannibals , and living in constant warfare ...
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... condition , they were obliged to pass the dreary night ; sustaining life by taking a single eel , a few crabs , and a species of snail . At daylight they were discovered by some natives of the islands , and after being severely treated ...
... condition , they were obliged to pass the dreary night ; sustaining life by taking a single eel , a few crabs , and a species of snail . At daylight they were discovered by some natives of the islands , and after being severely treated ...
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... condition of these miserable islanders would , if our space admitted , give rise to the most interesting reflections . The situation in which we find this little band of human beings- placed on a spot of earth in the midst of a ...
... condition of these miserable islanders would , if our space admitted , give rise to the most interesting reflections . The situation in which we find this little band of human beings- placed on a spot of earth in the midst of a ...
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... condition is entirely unaffected by the thousand circumstances peculiar to a more artificial state of society . We must , in a manner , relin- quish our identity , and become Jews ; feel as they felt , reason as they reasoned , and ...
... condition is entirely unaffected by the thousand circumstances peculiar to a more artificial state of society . We must , in a manner , relin- quish our identity , and become Jews ; feel as they felt , reason as they reasoned , and ...
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