The Citizen of NatureW. Benbow, 1824 - 238 Seiten |
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... once I embarked on the world of waters , without bidding adieu even to thee ; and buoyant with hope , turned away from the land of my fathers . Our friendship demands this explanation ; for lack whereof thou mightest deem me unkind ...
... once I embarked on the world of waters , without bidding adieu even to thee ; and buoyant with hope , turned away from the land of my fathers . Our friendship demands this explanation ; for lack whereof thou mightest deem me unkind ...
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... once for all , to beware of placing a blind confidence in me : men will always differ on subjects incapable of demon- strative proof : what that proof is , I will hereafter shew you ; but it remains for you to be convinced , that ...
... once for all , to beware of placing a blind confidence in me : men will always differ on subjects incapable of demon- strative proof : what that proof is , I will hereafter shew you ; but it remains for you to be convinced , that ...
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... once , that if we are allowed to define knowledge , as consisting in knowing , as truth , those things which belong to man , as man , by virtue of his superior understanding and pre- rogative , as the master - piece of that part of the ...
... once , that if we are allowed to define knowledge , as consisting in knowing , as truth , those things which belong to man , as man , by virtue of his superior understanding and pre- rogative , as the master - piece of that part of the ...
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... once ; but I have long since learned to soar above first impressions , they are sel- dom correct , and always need accurate weigh- ing . I am no longer bewildered , but pierced with sorrow ; not from the reflection that , in a short ...
... once ; but I have long since learned to soar above first impressions , they are sel- dom correct , and always need accurate weigh- ing . I am no longer bewildered , but pierced with sorrow ; not from the reflection that , in a short ...
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... once were , in a state called rude and savage , the ex- act reverse of civilization : whose intellectual energies , those which they possess above the mere feelings of brute instinct , have never been directed to the cultivation of that ...
... once were , in a state called rude and savage , the ex- act reverse of civilization : whose intellectual energies , those which they possess above the mere feelings of brute instinct , have never been directed to the cultivation of that ...
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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...