The Citizen of NatureW. Benbow, 1824 - 238 Seiten |
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... become desolate , it is better to perish in this wilderness , by the hands of savages who know not mercy , than to lose our substance under the grasp of the oppressor , who knows it only by name . " - " What , " said I mentally , " do ...
... become desolate , it is better to perish in this wilderness , by the hands of savages who know not mercy , than to lose our substance under the grasp of the oppressor , who knows it only by name . " - " What , " said I mentally , " do ...
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... become ac- quainted with an Englishman named L— who , unlike most of his nation , had sojourned in our country from motives of curiosity only . He was on the eve of returning home ; and on my opening my wishes , besought me to be- come ...
... become ac- quainted with an Englishman named L— who , unlike most of his nation , had sojourned in our country from motives of curiosity only . He was on the eve of returning home ; and on my opening my wishes , besought me to be- come ...
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... becoming every moment more irksome . I was not doomed to hope in vain : a day sul- try and cloudy , was closed by an evening so calm , so cool , and clear , that the ocean lay smooth as a mirror ; all around was peaceful , and the ...
... becoming every moment more irksome . I was not doomed to hope in vain : a day sul- try and cloudy , was closed by an evening so calm , so cool , and clear , that the ocean lay smooth as a mirror ; all around was peaceful , and the ...
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... the lash of tyranny , until driven to frenzy he loses native purity , and becomes more fe- rocious than a hungry lion . You will hear . pride and power demanding their victims . fresh every day 8 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... the lash of tyranny , until driven to frenzy he loses native purity , and becomes more fe- rocious than a hungry lion . You will hear . pride and power demanding their victims . fresh every day 8 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
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... becomes more like a complicated piece of mechanism . His original uniform simplicity of will becomes subject to impres- sions of Pride , Ambition , Hope , Despair , Love ( refined ) , Hatred , Anger , Envy , Malice and the emotions ...
... becomes more like a complicated piece of mechanism . His original uniform simplicity of will becomes subject to impres- sions of Pride , Ambition , Hope , Despair , Love ( refined ) , Hatred , Anger , Envy , Malice and the emotions ...
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acquired action animal artificial assert Atheist become belief 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 HARVARD COLLEGE hear heart Holborn human idea ignorance instance intellect knowledge labour laws ledge LETTER 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 tion true truth turn unnatural virtue Whigs
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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 - Necker,'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...