The Citizen of NatureW. Benbow, 1824 - 238 Seiten |
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... hope , turned away from the land of my fathers . Our friendship demands this explanation ; for lack whereof thou mightest deem me unkind . Thou shalt from time to time receive my observations and records of passing events among the ...
... hope , turned away from the land of my fathers . Our friendship demands this explanation ; for lack whereof thou mightest deem me unkind . Thou shalt from time to time receive my observations and records of passing events among the ...
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... 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 beauty of the scene roused the slum- bering sympathies of L ...
... 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 beauty of the scene roused the slum- bering sympathies of L ...
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... because , knowing . better , they wished the present system to continue ? I hope to convince you shortly , how by far the greater portion of mankind glide down the stream of existence after 16 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... because , knowing . better , they wished the present system to continue ? I hope to convince you shortly , how by far the greater portion of mankind glide down the stream of existence after 16 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
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... hope its fall will not be precipitate— that it will not fall ; but that gradually and carefully lowered , story after story , by efficient workmen , this old , towering , and over - built edifice , now pregnant with disease and rotten ...
... hope its fall will not be precipitate— that it will not fall ; but that gradually and carefully lowered , story after story , by efficient workmen , this old , towering , and over - built edifice , now pregnant with disease and rotten ...
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... only here and there one radiant with hope or joy . We met continually , men walking in pairs , with arms linked and heads bent together , one talking with an air and tone of decision and certainty , 20 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... only here and there one radiant with hope or joy . We met continually , men walking in pairs , with arms linked and heads bent together , one talking with an air and tone of decision and certainty , 20 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
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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...