Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion Language, Art, and Custom |
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... head , and of these most or all belong with only differences of detail to races the most various . So it is with savage occupations ; the wood - chopping , fishing with net and line , shooting and spearing game , fire - making , cooking ...
... head , and of these most or all belong with only differences of detail to races the most various . So it is with savage occupations ; the wood - chopping , fishing with net and line , shooting and spearing game , fire - making , cooking ...
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... head , a carved club , an idol , a grave - mound where slaves and property have been buried for the use of the dead , an account of a sorcerer's rites in making rain , a table of numerals , the conjugation of a verb , are things which ...
... head , a carved club , an idol , a grave - mound where slaves and property have been buried for the use of the dead , an account of a sorcerer's rites in making rain , a table of numerals , the conjugation of a verb , are things which ...
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... head , or hammer.2 Lane Fox traces connexion through the various types of weapons , pointing out how a form once arrived at is repeated in various sizes , like the spear - head and 1 Nilsson , ' Primitive Inhabitants of Scandinavia ...
... head , or hammer.2 Lane Fox traces connexion through the various types of weapons , pointing out how a form once arrived at is repeated in various sizes , like the spear - head and 1 Nilsson , ' Primitive Inhabitants of Scandinavia ...
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... heads also for knives , and Kafirs carve with their assagais , till separate forms are adopted for special purposes ... head of stratagems , flight , concealment , leaders , outposts , war- cries , and so forth.1 2 The manufacture of ...
... heads also for knives , and Kafirs carve with their assagais , till separate forms are adopted for special purposes ... head of stratagems , flight , concealment , leaders , outposts , war- cries , and so forth.1 2 The manufacture of ...
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... head when he is not there , ' while , to explain that the master is not to be judged by the folly of his servant , they say , " The rider is not a fool because the horse is . ' Ingratitude is alluded to in ' The sword knows not the head ...
... head when he is not there , ' while , to explain that the master is not to be judged by the folly of his servant , they say , " The rider is not a fool because the horse is . ' Ingratitude is alluded to in ' The sword knows not the head ...
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