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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... for some external incident to dis- sipate the gloom which gathered round him . Already he had endeared himself to me by a thousand kind attentions ; already our minds · seemed to vibrate with one impulse : and I 6 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... for some external incident to dis- sipate the gloom which gathered round him . Already he had endeared himself to me by a thousand kind attentions ; already our minds · seemed to vibrate with one impulse : and I 6 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
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... mind will not fail to discern truth , when the mists of ignorance which now envelope your ideas , are dispersed by the beams of knowledge . We will together range through the haunts of men ; we will endea- vour to learn their secret ...
... mind will not fail to discern truth , when the mists of ignorance which now envelope your ideas , are dispersed by the beams of knowledge . We will together range through the haunts of men ; we will endea- vour to learn their secret ...
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... mind , while your reflections , but slightly warped by prejudice , and unshackled by early lessons of error , will correct and reduce the explanations of passing events , which I will endeavour to delineate with fidelity . " Here our ...
... mind , while your reflections , but slightly warped by prejudice , and unshackled by early lessons of error , will correct and reduce the explanations of passing events , which I will endeavour to delineate with fidelity . " Here our ...
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... mind , to fashion your no- tions by my own ; that would be a vile usur- pation , at which my nature recoils . You possess free agency , see and judge for yourself : all I can do , will be to assist you 12 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... mind , to fashion your no- tions by my own ; that would be a vile usur- pation , at which my nature recoils . You possess free agency , see and judge for yourself : all I can do , will be to assist you 12 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
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... mind , and moreover , that which enables you to purchase by the labour of others , your own ease and leisure . " " Alas ! " said he , " these are the very causes of my chagrin ; oh , pause ! and think how selfish- ly you are reasoning ...
... mind , and moreover , that which enables you to purchase by the labour of others , your own ease and leisure . " " Alas ! " said he , " these are the very causes of my chagrin ; oh , pause ! and think how selfish- ly you are reasoning ...
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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...