 | 1802 - 700 pagine
...fairs, to dinar.*?, no mufic, nor amufcment of any fort. To the cold phlegmatic temper and inactive way of life may perhaps be owing the prolific tendency of all the African pe.ifantry. Six or fcven children in .1 family are confidered as very, few ; from a dozen to twenty... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1802 - 404 pagine
...fairs, no dancing, no music, nor amusement of any sort. To the cold phlegmatic temper and inactive way of life may perhaps be owing the prolific tendency...seven children in a family are considered as very few ; from a dozen to twenty are not uncommon ; and most of them marry very young, so that the population... | |
 | 1821 - 992 pagine
...recreation. No fairs, no music, uor amusement of any sort. To the cold phlegmatic temper and inactive way of life, may, perhaps, be owing the prolific tendency...seven children in a family are considered as very few ; from a dozen to twenty are not uncommon; mid most of them marry very young, so that the population... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1867 - 586 pagine
...life of the most listless inactivity." Then, after illustrating these statements, he goes on to note "the prolific tendency of all the African peasantry....seven children in a family are considered as very few ; from a dozen to twenty are not uncommon." The native races of this region yield evidence to the... | |
 | Ian D. Colvin - 1912 - 556 pagine
...fairs, no dancing, no music, nor amusement of any sort. To the cold phlegmatic temper and inactive way of life may perhaps be owing the prolific tendency...seven children in a family are considered as very few; from a dozen to twenty are not uncommon ; and most of them marry very young, so that the population... | |
 | Charles Edward Pell - 1921 - 234 pagine
...utmost inactivity." Then, after illustrating these statements, he speaks of " the prolific tendency of the African peasantry. Six or seven children in a family are considered very few ; a dozen to twenty are not uncommon." 2 Probably the remarks concerning the inactivity of... | |
 | 1801 - 522 pagine
...fairs, no dancing, no mufic, nor amufement of any fort. To the cold phlegmatic temper and inactive way of life may perhaps be owing the prolific -tendency of all the African peafantry. Six or feven children in a family are confidered as very ftw ; from a dozen to twenty are... | |
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To the cold phlegmatic temper and inactive way of life may perhaps be owing the prolific tendency of all the African peasantry. Six or seven children in a family are considered as very few ; from a dozen to twenty are not uncommon ; and most of them marry... 