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In their persons , they are said to be smaller than the first , or yellow race , and
are considered , on the whole , as among the most puny and ill - favoured of the
human species . ” To these two principal races , some writers add a third , which ...
In their persons , they are said to be smaller than the first , or yellow race , and
are considered , on the whole , as among the most puny and ill - favoured of the
human species . ” To these two principal races , some writers add a third , which ...
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... or fastened a piece of cloth over their eyes ; and nothing was suffered to disturb
the death - like stillness of the scene . 3. The rite of circumcision , which is
considered to be indisputably Asiatic , is practised in several of the groups of VOL
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... or fastened a piece of cloth over their eyes ; and nothing was suffered to disturb
the death - like stillness of the scene . 3. The rite of circumcision , which is
considered to be indisputably Asiatic , is practised in several of the groups of VOL
.
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The received opinion of philologists , particularly of Mr. Marsden , to whom we
have so often referred , is , that the languages of the islanders are to be
considered as polysyllabic , or at at least that they cannot be reduced by analysis
to the ...
The received opinion of philologists , particularly of Mr. Marsden , to whom we
have so often referred , is , that the languages of the islanders are to be
considered as polysyllabic , or at at least that they cannot be reduced by analysis
to the ...
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... established as a general proposition , that , for the purposes of philosophical
enquiry , they might all be considered as having the same character ; and if this
were indisputably the case , it would prove an insuperable objection to their
having ...
... established as a general proposition , that , for the purposes of philosophical
enquiry , they might all be considered as having the same character ; and if this
were indisputably the case , it would prove an insuperable objection to their
having ...
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... than they have usually been considered . They are a most important medium ,
through which to examine the nice , distinctive shades of character , peculiar to
an age or nation . For ourselves , were we to attempt a history of any particular ...
... than they have usually been considered . They are a most important medium ,
through which to examine the nice , distinctive shades of character , peculiar to
an age or nation . For ourselves , were we to attempt a history of any particular ...
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| Title | American Quarterly Review, Volume 20 Volumes 298-301 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 Library of American civilization |
| Editor | Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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