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. By the Rev. John Adams, A. M.

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MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]