An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human SpeciesJ. Simpson and Company, 1810 - 411 Seiten |
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... , on the other hand , and the other southern provinces , they are of a dark swarth , which is so general a characteristic of the ladies there , that it is esteemed a beauty , beyond Europe to the great empires of the East ,. 63.
... , on the other hand , and the other southern provinces , they are of a dark swarth , which is so general a characteristic of the ladies there , that it is esteemed a beauty , beyond Europe to the great empires of the East ,. 63.
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... beauty derived from their ancestors which they sedulously cherish , and which the arts of civilized life have enabled them to preserve , as far as is possible , against the influence North of Syria , and South of Chaldea ; with perhaps ...
... beauty derived from their ancestors which they sedulously cherish , and which the arts of civilized life have enabled them to preserve , as far as is possible , against the influence North of Syria , and South of Chaldea ; with perhaps ...
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... beauty or divine majesty to their respective nations , which can hard- ly be understood by an inhabitant of the North of Europe or of Asia . This is perhaps the reason that in Greece , in Georgia , between the Euxine and Caspian seas ...
... beauty or divine majesty to their respective nations , which can hard- ly be understood by an inhabitant of the North of Europe or of Asia . This is perhaps the reason that in Greece , in Georgia , between the Euxine and Caspian seas ...
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... beauty which they have conceived , have endeavoured , by violent compres- sions applied to the head , or to some particular parts of the body , to change their natural figure . We are not , however , sufficiently acquainted with the ...
... beauty which they have conceived , have endeavoured , by violent compres- sions applied to the head , or to some particular parts of the body , to change their natural figure . We are not , however , sufficiently acquainted with the ...
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... beauty . Certain tribes among the American indians endeavour , by the use of particu lar kinds of ligature , or instruments of pressure , ap- plied to the head of the new born infant , to change its natural form , and to give it one ...
... beauty . Certain tribes among the American indians endeavour , by the use of particu lar kinds of ligature , or instruments of pressure , ap- plied to the head of the new born infant , to change its natural form , and to give it one ...
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