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bull in force; and in fleetneſs to the hound; the os ſublime, or front erect, a feature which he bears in common with the monkey, could ſcarcely have inſpired him with thoſe haughty and magnificent ideas, which the pride of human refinement thence, endeavours to deduce (10). Expoſed, like his fellow-creatures, to the injuries of the air; urged to action by the ſame phyſical neceffities; ſuſceptible of the ſame impreſſions; actuated by the fame paffions; and, equally ſubject to the pains of

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