The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at HomeJ. Johnson, 1823 - 238 Seiten |
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... heads to either side : these persons open wide their mouths for the cram of nonsensical garbage , and are crammed to the tongue accordingly : if your informants belong to that class , I pity them ; if they knew better , I fear " they ...
... heads to either side : these persons open wide their mouths for the cram of nonsensical garbage , and are crammed to the tongue accordingly : if your informants belong to that class , I pity them ; if they knew better , I fear " they ...
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... ; only here and there one radiant with hope or joy . We met continually , men walking in pairs , with arms linked and heads bent together , one talking with an air and tone of decision and certainty , 20 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... ; only here and there one radiant with hope or joy . We met continually , men walking in pairs , with arms linked and heads bent together , one talking with an air and tone of decision and certainty , 20 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
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... head ( we'll allow him a head ) a sort of clearing shake , was to begin thus : " I dare say you are devilishly surprised to see me here ? ' ” we should nod , " Yes , " " And faith ! I hardly know what to make of the matter myself , but ...
... head ( we'll allow him a head ) a sort of clearing shake , was to begin thus : " I dare say you are devilishly surprised to see me here ? ' ” we should nod , " Yes , " " And faith ! I hardly know what to make of the matter myself , but ...
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... head he cannot subvert it . - Now it strikes me , that the true distinction between the Atheist and the Deist is this : - does the latter admit " personal consciousness " in the Supreme ? That he can , by the fiat of will , in the ...
... head he cannot subvert it . - Now it strikes me , that the true distinction between the Atheist and the Deist is this : - does the latter admit " personal consciousness " in the Supreme ? That he can , by the fiat of will , in the ...
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... head of a family had unlimited power over its members . The use of the medium called ' Money , ' was yet unknown ; the idea of ar- bitrary value was not yet conceived . But as mankind again increased in number , and began to spread ...
... head of a family had unlimited power over its members . The use of the medium called ' Money , ' was yet unknown ; the idea of ar- bitrary value was not yet conceived . But as mankind again increased in number , and began to spread ...
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acquire action animal artificial assert Atheist become believe blood cause certainly chimney sweeper civil clothing common conscience consequence Deism Deist dreadful earth emotion endeavour enjoyment enquiry equality equipoise eternity evil existence eyes faculties fancy father fear feeling fool founded free agency fresh genus Gil Blas give hand happiness heal-all hear heart hope human idea ignorance instance intellect knowledge labour latter laws ledge listen look luxuries marriage Maurepas mean ment mental middle men mind misery mode nation natural justice natural law Nature necessity never observe once pain Paradise Lost perhaps persons philanthropy pleasure possession present principles proof reason receive revelation sense slavery sort soul sounds speak species surface tell term thee Theocracy things thou thought timation tion true truth tural turn unnatural virtue Whigs
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Seite 221 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Seite 160 - The man who resolutely divesting himself of habit and prejudice, of the false impressions imbibed from early childhood, resolves to know Truth, if haply she may be found, is sure to be assailed, threatened, mimicked, and insulted, with abuse the most pitiful and inane, with derision the most paltry, stupid, and futile, wholly unworthy of the exaltation to which human attainmentboasts to have arrived. 'His honesty is decried as presumption, his avowal of naked truth as sedition ; his exposure of existing...
Seite 162 - that reason suits neither you or me : Sully did not go to mass, and Sully was of the council.' ' Maurepas, in this answer, only caught at the ridicule of...