Savages

Examples

• Wandering savages or the inhabitants of open plains rarely possess more than one breed of the same species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Nothing more they found, and it was a thoroughly awed and frightened group of savages which huddled around their king a few moments later. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility; they think the same of theirs. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• He neither speaks nor understands any European tongue--and his ornaments and weapons are those of the West Coast savages. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• But, _I_ mistaken on a point that has caused me more smart in my breast than a flight of savages' arrows could have done! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Many of these savages were cannibals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• O, you are too relentless--there's a limit to the cruelty of savages! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• When the Devil goeth about like a roaring lion, he goeth about in a shape by which few but savages and hunters are attracted. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• There were but two nations in America, in any respect, superior to the savages, and these were destroyed almost as soon as discovered. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The savages sat huddled close together round their fire, with fruits, bones, and half-putrid flesh. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They were savages. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• But rich and civilized nations can always exchange to a much greater value with one another, than with savages and barbarians. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• They were, in fact, except for a fur wrap in cold weather, naked painted savages. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The savages in South Africa match their draught cattle by colour, as do some of the Esquimaux their teams of dogs. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Tribes of savages still have in use cords made of various materials and some of them very well made. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They carry their children at their backs, in a sack, like other savages the world over. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Their art constitutes their one claim to be accounted more than common savages. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Say, how did you leave the savages? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• For is it more certain, that two flat pieces of marble will unite together, than that two young savages of different sexes will copulate? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• On the contrary, we find to-day a handful of trained soldiers equipped with modern firearms putting to flight a horde of ignorant savages. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Among savages, the poorest of all nations, they are scarce of any value. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Doubtless the first answer to occur to mind is because savages are savages; being of low-grade intelligence and perhaps defective moral sense. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Found in their natural state in utmost perfection, needing no cutting nor polishing, these glowing beads of the sea were the first baubles of savages, tribes and nations. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• At first the only people encountered by the Spaniards in America were savages of a Mongoloid type. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• To savages it would seem preposterous to seek out a place where nothing but learning was going on in order that one might learn. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The day came, and the She-Wolf in the Capitol might have snarled with envy to see how the Island Savages contrived these things now-a-days. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Possibly your forest man, himself was captured or killed by the savages, suggested Captain Dufranne. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Little Duffy, as the way is with the young savages in our parts when they are in high spirits, gave a howl, and trotted off at the Sergeant's heels. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The Moors, like other savages, learn by what they see, not what they hear or read. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Savages now sometimes cross their dogs with wild canine animals, to improve the breed, and they formerly did so, as is attested by passages in Pliny. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

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