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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... , that voice whose still small whispers you yet scarce hear through the mist of ignorance , that voice which soon shall speak loud as the trumpet's sound ; through the bright medium of know- ledge , THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 13.
... , that voice whose still small whispers you yet scarce hear through the mist of ignorance , that voice which soon shall speak loud as the trumpet's sound ; through the bright medium of know- ledge , THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 13.
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... soon shed tears , but they are as soon dried by the hand of kindness , soon smile brighter from their moisture : as the flowers renew their freshness from the dews of night . But this fair dawn is of short duration ; full quickly the ...
... soon shed tears , but they are as soon dried by the hand of kindness , soon smile brighter from their moisture : as the flowers renew their freshness from the dews of night . But this fair dawn is of short duration ; full quickly the ...
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... soon become sources of real terror to those minds who have not firmness to bear up against them . And yet my sleeping fancy was so strong- ly impressed , that the connection between the real and supposed object formed its own chain ...
... soon become sources of real terror to those minds who have not firmness to bear up against them . And yet my sleeping fancy was so strong- ly impressed , that the connection between the real and supposed object formed its own chain ...
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... soon dispelled my oppression , and I felt ready to hear L's remarks . " Now , " said he , " that you are recovered , draw back and listen . " I did so , and heard the hubbub of the multitude below ascending through the haze , like the ...
... soon dispelled my oppression , and I felt ready to hear L's remarks . " Now , " said he , " that you are recovered , draw back and listen . " I did so , and heard the hubbub of the multitude below ascending through the haze , like the ...
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... soon got over first impressions ; and upon the whole , had a pleasant sort of water - frolic enough . I forgot to tell you , they had taken a few of each sort of the animals found on our globe , on board with themselves , in order that ...
... soon got over first impressions ; and upon the whole , had a pleasant sort of water - frolic enough . I forgot to tell you , they had taken a few of each sort of the animals found on our globe , on board with themselves , in order that ...
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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...