The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at HomeJ. Johnson, 1823 - 238 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 6-10 von 21
Seite 86
... human mind would elicit by the great leisure which mere natural , selfish labour would allow ; which leisure was now distinguished by the appellation of ' idle- ness , ' and to which they took care to affix a corresponding opprobrium ...
... human mind would elicit by the great leisure which mere natural , selfish labour would allow ; which leisure was now distinguished by the appellation of ' idle- ness , ' and to which they took care to affix a corresponding opprobrium ...
Seite 94
... human ills to such we are indeed indebted ; their youth is consumed in laborious research and intense personal labour , their riper years spent in a great measure by the couch of po- verty , sickness , and pain ; and yet how seldom are ...
... human ills to such we are indeed indebted ; their youth is consumed in laborious research and intense personal labour , their riper years spent in a great measure by the couch of po- verty , sickness , and pain ; and yet how seldom are ...
Seite 96
... human creatures , what is their occupation which has left but a mockery of the human form ? " Yes , " said L , " these are two of the ' ge- nus homo ' as we are , two children of human Nature , like thousands more , deserted by humanity ...
... human creatures , what is their occupation which has left but a mockery of the human form ? " Yes , " said L , " these are two of the ' ge- nus homo ' as we are , two children of human Nature , like thousands more , deserted by humanity ...
Seite 109
... humanity , argue that these men are in the state for which every one is produced ? That the feelings with which they are inspired and led against their fellows , are those of Nature and Reason ? Not that I would condemn them , or even ...
... humanity , argue that these men are in the state for which every one is produced ? That the feelings with which they are inspired and led against their fellows , are those of Nature and Reason ? Not that I would condemn them , or even ...
Seite 111
... human nature , the refuse of mankind , capriciously designate as his foes , because op- posed to their own single views of things , is ma- nifestly the extreme of wickedness and ab- surdity . If one state is aggressed by another in the ...
... human nature , the refuse of mankind , capriciously designate as his foes , because op- posed to their own single views of things , is ma- nifestly the extreme of wickedness and ab- surdity . If one state is aggressed by another in the ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquire action animal artificial assert Atheist become believe 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 heal-all hear heart hope human idea ignorance instance intellect knowledge labour latter laws ledge 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 timation tion true truth tural turn unnatural virtue Whigs
Beliebte Passagen
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...