Essays on the Origin of Society, Language, Property, Government, Jurisdiction, Contracts, and Marriage: Interspersed with Illustrations from the Greek and Galic LanguagesB. Millan, 1785 - 208 pages |
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accompliſh affume againſt alſo Ammianus Marcellinus animal antient antient Germans arts authority Bello Gallico Brehon law Cæfar de Bello Caledonians cattle Celts chief circumſtance civil common compound confiderable confifted conftitute contracts Culdee cuſtoms defires denote diftinct diſcovered diſtinguiſhed diſtribution divifion Druids Engliſh eſtabliſhment eſteemed exclufive property exerciſe exiſtence expreffed facred faid fame favage fays fenfe ferved fexes fignifies fimple firſt fituation fome fpirit ftate fubject fuch fufficient furniſhes Galic language Galic word Gauls Greek himſelf houſe human fpecies increaſe inftitution intereſt itſelf juſtice Latin language mankind manners marriage means of fubfiftence meaſures mind moſt muſt natural neceffary O-Callaghan obferved occafion Offian original paffion paſtoral perfon poffeffed poffeffion preſent preſervation prieſts primeval fociety primitive procure promife propofition puniſhment raiſed reaſon reſpect rude nations Scotland ſenſe ſmall ſtages ſtate ſtock ſyſtem Tacitus thefe themſelves theſe Theſe words thofe thoſe tion tribe underſtood uſed