Knowledge is PowerBell and Daldy, 1866 - 426 pages |
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... say , " My right there is none to dispute . " The condition of Alexander Selkirk was unquestionably one of absolute liberty . His rights were not measured by his duties . He had all rights and no duties . Many writers on the origin of ...
... say , " My right there is none to dispute . " The condition of Alexander Selkirk was unquestionably one of absolute liberty . His rights were not measured by his duties . He had all rights and no duties . Many writers on the origin of ...
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... says , " We all went to hunt beavers in concert . In hunts of this kind the proceeds are sometimes equally di- vided ; but in this instance every man retained what he had killed . In three days I collected as many skins as I could But ...
... says , " We all went to hunt beavers in concert . In hunts of this kind the proceeds are sometimes equally di- vided ; but in this instance every man retained what he had killed . In three days I collected as many skins as I could But ...
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... says , " We had now a short season of plenty ; but soon became hungry again . It often happened that for two or three days we had nothing to eat ; then a rabbit or two , or a bird , would afford us a prospect of protracting the ...
... says , " We had now a short season of plenty ; but soon became hungry again . It often happened that for two or three days we had nothing to eat ; then a rabbit or two , or a bird , would afford us a prospect of protracting the ...
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... say that he was destitute of all the necessaries and comforts whose posses- sion would encourage him to add to the store . He had little capital . The skill which he possessed of hunting game gave him a certain command over the ...
... say that he was destitute of all the necessaries and comforts whose posses- sion would encourage him to add to the store . He had little capital . The skill which he possessed of hunting game gave him a certain command over the ...
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... says , " I have often known a hunter leave his traps for many days in the woods without visiting them , or feeling any anxiety about their safety . " The Indians even carried the principle of appropriation almost to a division of land ...
... says , " I have often known a hunter leave his traps for many days in the woods without visiting them , or feeling any anxiety about their safety . " The Indians even carried the principle of appropriation almost to a division of land ...
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