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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... pass its greatest width . But now , I fancied the wind which bore us along sounded as a breath in- haled by the Spirit of the deep , to draw us : within his jaws . Our companions , however , THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 5.
... pass its greatest width . But now , I fancied the wind which bore us along sounded as a breath in- haled by the Spirit of the deep , to draw us : within his jaws . Our companions , however , THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 5.
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... pass over the sensations of feeding , procreation , and sleep , which he holds in common with the beasts , assuming them as properties indisputable . And there- fore , on the strength of the assumptions be- fore made , I do declare my ...
... pass over the sensations of feeding , procreation , and sleep , which he holds in common with the beasts , assuming them as properties indisputable . And there- fore , on the strength of the assumptions be- fore made , I do declare my ...
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... improba- ble , so contrary to the present state of things ? " " You know not what you say , " said L- " when you speak of that as improbable , which must inevitably happen ; which must come to pass , 36 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... improba- ble , so contrary to the present state of things ? " " You know not what you say , " said L- " when you speak of that as improbable , which must inevitably happen ; which must come to pass , 36 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
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... pass , as much from necessity , as yonder smoke flies upwards . " " At any rate , " said I , " if posterity knew your sentiments , and heard the traditions of these your declarations , you would be well deemed a true prophet , if these ...
... pass , as much from necessity , as yonder smoke flies upwards . " " At any rate , " said I , " if posterity knew your sentiments , and heard the traditions of these your declarations , you would be well deemed a true prophet , if these ...
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... pass current as of a determinate worth ; and as constituting in its own substance a certain fixed portion of the aggregate possession of the community : as a public circulating medium , to be put into actual operation , and more active ...
... pass current as of a determinate worth ; and as constituting in its own substance a certain fixed portion of the aggregate possession of the community : as a public circulating medium , to be put into actual operation , and more active ...
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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...