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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... mental , pursued by the common herd of our species , eccentric I am , and glory in being so . " But , " said I , " you are at any rate a subject of Eng- land , a member of her civil compact : " I am so , certainly , " he replied : " as ...
... mental , pursued by the common herd of our species , eccentric I am , and glory in being so . " But , " said I , " you are at any rate a subject of Eng- land , a member of her civil compact : " I am so , certainly , " he replied : " as ...
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... mental woe in shapes too dreadful to name ; whose mourning in their dark abodes of misery , would , if heard , curdle your very blood ; while we two are rioting in a super- fluity of that of which they want the smallest portion . Do not ...
... mental woe in shapes too dreadful to name ; whose mourning in their dark abodes of misery , would , if heard , curdle your very blood ; while we two are rioting in a super- fluity of that of which they want the smallest portion . Do not ...
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... mental anguish , no more the inheritage of a curse denounced on his race , than is the bleat of the lamb for the ewe . His eyes too soon shed tears , but they are as soon dried by the hand of kindness , soon smile brighter from their ...
... mental anguish , no more the inheritage of a curse denounced on his race , than is the bleat of the lamb for the ewe . His eyes too soon shed tears , but they are as soon dried by the hand of kindness , soon smile brighter from their ...
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... mental plea- sure " let the first be again divided into two parts , that is , into pleasures strictly animal and necessitous , which are those of taking food ; and into those which we term amusements , which last are certainly not ...
... mental plea- sure " let the first be again divided into two parts , that is , into pleasures strictly animal and necessitous , which are those of taking food ; and into those which we term amusements , which last are certainly not ...
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... mental pleasure , ease and serenity of soul , in the lofty degree for which Nature has framed him , unless he is mo- rally certain of being able to satisfy his animal wants , at all seasonable times . The cravings of hunger and the ...
... mental pleasure , ease and serenity of soul , in the lofty degree for which Nature has framed him , unless he is mo- rally certain of being able to satisfy his animal wants , at all seasonable times . The cravings of hunger and the ...
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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...