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Page 3
... thought to marry and settle there ; but some say that the government of Carthage forbid the settlement upon pain of death , from the fear that it would increase in power so as to deprive the mother country of her possessions there ...
... thought to marry and settle there ; but some say that the government of Carthage forbid the settlement upon pain of death , from the fear that it would increase in power so as to deprive the mother country of her possessions there ...
Page 5
... thought that these people came over the frozen sea , then would it be by compulsion . If so , then by whom , or when ? Or what part of this main continent may be thought to border upon the country of the Tar- tars ? It is yet unknown ...
... thought that these people came over the frozen sea , then would it be by compulsion . If so , then by whom , or when ? Or what part of this main continent may be thought to border upon the country of the Tar- tars ? It is yet unknown ...
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... thought they might be of the dispersed Jews , because some of their words be near unto the Hebrew ; but by the same rule , they may conclude them to be some of the gleanings of all nations , because they have words which sound after the ...
... thought they might be of the dispersed Jews , because some of their words be near unto the Hebrew ; but by the same rule , they may conclude them to be some of the gleanings of all nations , because they have words which sound after the ...
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... thought evident for these reasons : 1. their ancestors affirm they came from the S. West , and return thence when they die : 2. because they " separate their women in a little wigwam by themselves in their feminine seasons : " and 3 ...
... thought evident for these reasons : 1. their ancestors affirm they came from the S. West , and return thence when they die : 2. because they " separate their women in a little wigwam by themselves in their feminine seasons : " and 3 ...
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... thought upon the subject , that climate does not change the complexion of the human race , to hold up the idea știll that all must have sprung from the same source , ( Adam , ) only reminds us of our grandmothers , who to this day laugh ...
... thought upon the subject , that climate does not change the complexion of the human race , to hold up the idea știll that all must have sprung from the same source , ( Adam , ) only reminds us of our grandmothers , who to this day laugh ...
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