An Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food: As a Moral DutyAlong the train lines north of New York City, twelve-year-old neighbors Myla and Peter search for the link between Myla's necklace and the disappearance of Peter's brother, Randall. Thrown into a world of parkour, graffiti, and diamond-smuggling, Myla and Peter encounter a band of thugs who are after the same thing as Randall. Can Myla and Peter find Randall before it's too late, and their shared family secrets threaten to destroy them all? |
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It is to be remark ' d that apes have the fame custom ( which is wel known to the
Spanish virgins , particularly toward their sweethearts ] . * See doctor Tyluns
Anatomy of a Pygmie , p . 92 , & c . 3 : " The form of the orang - outang , 14 CHAP
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It is to be remark ' d that apes have the fame custom ( which is wel known to the
Spanish virgins , particularly toward their sweethearts ] . * See doctor Tyluns
Anatomy of a Pygmie , p . 92 , & c . 3 : " The form of the orang - outang , 14 CHAP
.
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... known to do at the age of twelve years . See Tysons Anatomy , & c . p . 23 . *
Origin and progress of language , i , 175 . In a note , after quoteing a passage
from Rousseau , who rejects “ with great contempt , the notion of those who think
that ...
... known to do at the age of twelve years . See Tysons Anatomy , & c . p . 23 . *
Origin and progress of language , i , 175 . In a note , after quoteing a passage
from Rousseau , who rejects “ with great contempt , the notion of those who think
that ...
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... the waste of action and liveing , and the necessary secretions , but what is
liquid and extremely thin , and whey wil nourish more quickly than beef , though
not fo durerablely , as is known to every one who understands the animal
economy .
... the waste of action and liveing , and the necessary secretions , but what is
liquid and extremely thin , and whey wil nourish more quickly than beef , though
not fo durerablely , as is known to every one who understands the animal
economy .
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Grain and other vegetables , with the help of milk , cheese , and butter , or oil ;
where butter is not to be had , it is known from experience , , can , without any
butchers - meat , afford the most plentyful , the most wholesome , the most
nourishing ...
Grain and other vegetables , with the help of milk , cheese , and butter , or oil ;
where butter is not to be had , it is known from experience , , can , without any
butchers - meat , afford the most plentyful , the most wholesome , the most
nourishing ...
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... feedith upon milke , butter , and cheese , ( i faie ) doe wee not see suche a one
healthfuller , stronger , fairer - complectioned , and longer livyng , then the other
that fare daintilie every daie ? and how should it be otherwise ? t It is wel known ...
... feedith upon milke , butter , and cheese , ( i faie ) doe wee not see suche a one
healthfuller , stronger , fairer - complectioned , and longer livyng , then the other
that fare daintilie every daie ? and how should it be otherwise ? t It is wel known ...
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Page 55 - Nor think, in nature's state they blindly trod; The state of nature was the reign of God: Self-love and social at her birth began, Union the bond of all things, and of man. Pride then was not; nor arts, that pride to aid; Man walk'd with beast, joint tenant of the shade, The same his table, and the same his bed; No murder cloath'd him, and no murder fed.
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| Title | An Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food: As a Moral Duty |
| Author | Joseph Ritson |
| Publisher | R. Phillips, 1802 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 236 pages |
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