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... that every author who would carry his works there , might probably find a very good reception . I was resolved , however , to observe the humours of the place in safety from the shore ; sensible that ice was at best precarious iv PREFACE .
... that every author who would carry his works there , might probably find a very good reception . I was resolved , however , to observe the humours of the place in safety from the shore ; sensible that ice was at best precarious iv PREFACE .
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... observation , is often happy if he has time to escape from being crushed to pieces . The houses borrow very few ornaments from architec- ture ; their chief decoration seems to be a paltry piece of painting hung out at their doors or ...
... observation , is often happy if he has time to escape from being crushed to pieces . The houses borrow very few ornaments from architec- ture ; their chief decoration seems to be a paltry piece of painting hung out at their doors or ...
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... observed only by those for whom one is more than sufficient , or by such as have not money to buy two . As for the rest , they vio- late it publicly , and some glory in its violation . They seem to think , like the Persians , that they ...
... observed only by those for whom one is more than sufficient , or by such as have not money to buy two . As for the rest , they vio- late it publicly , and some glory in its violation . They seem to think , like the Persians , that they ...
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... observe a whole coun- try adoring a divinity through fear , and attempting to feed the dead . These are their most serious and most religious occupations are these men rational , or are not the apes of Borneo more wise ? Certain I am ...
... observe a whole coun- try adoring a divinity through fear , and attempting to feed the dead . These are their most serious and most religious occupations are these men rational , or are not the apes of Borneo more wise ? Certain I am ...
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... Observe the brown savage of Thibet , to whom the fruits of the spreading pomegranate supply food , and its branches a habitation . Such a character has few vices , I grant , but those he has 58 CITIZEN OF THE WORLD .
... Observe the brown savage of Thibet , to whom the fruits of the spreading pomegranate supply food , and its branches a habitation . Such a character has few vices , I grant , but those he has 58 CITIZEN OF THE WORLD .
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