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Curious thoughts on the history of man : chiefly abridged or selected from the celebrated works of Lord Kaimes, Lord Monboddo, Dr. Dunbar, and the immortal Montesquieu : replete with useful and entertaining instruction on a variety of important and popular subjects : viz. Population, Language, Manners, Property, Love, Matrimony, Polygamy, Marriage-ceremonies, Commerce, Government, Patriotism, Agriculture, Peace and war, Taxes, Music, Gaming, Luxury, &c. : designed to promote a spirit of enquiry in the British youth of both sexes: and to make the philosophy, as well as history of the human species, familiar to ordinary capacities
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Curious thoughts on the history of man : chiefly abridged or selected from the celebrated works of Lord Kaimes, Lord Monboddo, Dr. Dunbar, and the immortal Montesquieu : replete with useful and entertaining instruction on a variety of important and popular subjects : viz. Population, Language, Manners, Property, Love, Matrimony, Polygamy, Marriage-ceremonies, Commerce, Government, Patriotism, Agriculture, Peace and war, Taxes, Music, Gaming, Luxury, &c. : designed to promote a spirit of enquiry in the British youth of both sexes: and to make the philosophy, as well as history of the human species, familiar to ordinary capacities

Date1789
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    Dimensions21 x 10 cm, 54Pages (8 1/4 x 3 15/16 in.)
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      CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number37131009546409D
      Little Master's miscellany, or, Divine and moral essays in prose and verse : adapted to the capacities and design'd for the improvement of youth of both sexes, containing dialogues ... to which are added select fables, moral songs and useful maxims ...
      Little Master's miscellany, or, Divine and moral essays in prose and verse : adapted to the capacities and design'd for the improvement of youth of both sexes, containing dialogues ... to which are added select fables, moral songs and useful maxims ...
      Stuart, Zachariah, active 1759-1774
      1765
      A description of a great variety of animals and vegetables : viz. beasts, birds, fishes, insects, plants, fruits, and flowers : extracted from the most considerable writers of natural history and adapted to the use of all capacities, but more particularly for the entertainment of youth : being a supplement to A description of three hundred animals
      A description of a great variety of animals and vegetables : viz. beasts, birds, fishes, insects, plants, fruits, and flowers : extracted from the most considerable writers of natural history and adapted to the use of all capacities, but more particularly for the entertainment of youth : being a supplement to A description of three hundred animals
      Boreman, Thomas, 18th century
      1744
      The pantheon, or, Ancient history of the gods of Greece and Rome : for the use of schools and young persons of both sexes
      The pantheon, or, Ancient history of the gods of Greece and Rome : for the use of schools and young persons of both sexes
      Godwin, William, 1756-1836
      1814
      The pantheon, or, Ancient history of the gods of Greece and Rome : for the use of schools and young persons of both sexes
      The pantheon, or, Ancient history of the gods of Greece and Rome : for the use of schools and young persons of both sexes
      Godwin, William, 1756-1836
      1821
      The new Robinson Crusoe : an instructive and entertaining history, for the use of children of both sexes, volume 3
      The new Robinson Crusoe : an instructive and entertaining history, for the use of children of both sexes, volume 3
      Campe, Joachim Heinrich, 1746-1818
      1788
      The new Robinson Crusoe : an instructive and entertaining history, for the use of children of both sexes, volume 4
      The new Robinson Crusoe : an instructive and entertaining history, for the use of children of both sexes, volume 4
      Campe, Joachim Heinrich, 1746-1818
      1788
      The new Robinson Crusoe : an instructive and entertaining history, for the use of children of both sexes, volume 2
      The new Robinson Crusoe : an instructive and entertaining history, for the use of children of both sexes, volume 2
      Campe, Joachim Heinrich, 1746-1818
      1788
      The new Robinson Crusoe : an instructive and entertaining history, for the use of children of both sexes, volume 1
      The new Robinson Crusoe : an instructive and entertaining history, for the use of children of both sexes, volume 1
      Campe, Joachim Heinrich, 1746-1818
      1788
      The children's natural history scrap album : embracing faithful illustrations of the animal world in its most prominent species
      The children's natural history scrap album : embracing faithful illustrations of the animal world in its most prominent species
      O. Newmann and Co.
      1887
      Doesn't matter how many species of salmon there are, these entrants in last year's Hunt are proud as punch of the species they caught
      Doesn't matter how many species of salmon there are, these entrants in last year's Hunt are proud as punch of the species they caught
      Power, Peter
      9/23/1974
      The wonderful adventures of Don Quixote de La Mancha, and Sancho Panza, his esquire : abridged and adapted to youthful capacities
      The wonderful adventures of Don Quixote de La Mancha, and Sancho Panza, his esquire : abridged and adapted to youthful capacities
      Dean & Son
      approximately 1872
      Militia list for Canada West, and an abridged system of infantry drill, blank forms of annual, company and recommendation returns, also blank forms required in ordinary courts martial
      Militia list for Canada West, and an abridged system of infantry drill, blank forms of annual, company and recommendation returns, also blank forms required in ordinary courts martial
      Canada. Canadian Army
      1851