The Citizen of NatureW. Benbow, 1824 - 238 Seiten |
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... receive my observations and records of passing events among the people I am going to visit : I think thou wilt be in- terested in my narration . Farewell . LETTER II . England . OUR journey is ended . 4 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... receive my observations and records of passing events among the people I am going to visit : I think thou wilt be in- terested in my narration . Farewell . LETTER II . England . OUR journey is ended . 4 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
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... received current and unsuspected by suc- ceeding generations . I am positive , morally certain , that any fact , trivial or important , which shall happen in our lifetime to - night , would , in the lapse of only twenty years , THE ...
... received current and unsuspected by suc- ceeding generations . I am positive , morally certain , that any fact , trivial or important , which shall happen in our lifetime to - night , would , in the lapse of only twenty years , THE ...
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... Virgil and Horace laughed in their sleeves at the conceits of their countrymen , but dared not own their conviction . Would not those great men , Se- neca and Pliny , have received with open arms , 68 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... Virgil and Horace laughed in their sleeves at the conceits of their countrymen , but dared not own their conviction . Would not those great men , Se- neca and Pliny , have received with open arms , 68 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
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Henry Horne (jr). neca and Pliny , have received with open arms , with joy and gratitude , the evidences , the re- sistless demonstrations , which we could now offer them ? and besides , though in compliance with the dictates of hot ...
Henry Horne (jr). neca and Pliny , have received with open arms , with joy and gratitude , the evidences , the re- sistless demonstrations , which we could now offer them ? and besides , though in compliance with the dictates of hot ...
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... we inherit it ? But it is not so ; whatever is , is useful and right ; nothing is given in vain And they add , ' We have received the gift of a truth which reason could never attain ; but observe THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 75.
... we inherit it ? But it is not so ; whatever is , is useful and right ; nothing is given in vain And they add , ' We have received the gift of a truth which reason could never attain ; but observe THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 75.
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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...