The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at HomeJ. Johnson, 1823 - 238 Seiten |
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Seite 88
... turn the parent of crime , and unnatural feeling of every sort . If the poor sigh for the enjoyments , real or fanciful , of the rich who command them exclusively , the latter call them envious and unthankful , ig- norantly impatient ...
... turn the parent of crime , and unnatural feeling of every sort . If the poor sigh for the enjoyments , real or fanciful , of the rich who command them exclusively , the latter call them envious and unthankful , ig- norantly impatient ...
Seite 89
... turn to the pure enjoyments of his being , to his pe- culiar enjoyments as a rational creature , to the investigation of the material and immaterial world , by the light of true knowledge ; to his own true position in the universe ? Why ...
... turn to the pure enjoyments of his being , to his pe- culiar enjoyments as a rational creature , to the investigation of the material and immaterial world , by the light of true knowledge ; to his own true position in the universe ? Why ...
Seite 95
... turn along the streets ; I predict we shall go but a little way ere you will be struck with some particular objects of suffering hu- manity observe the passengers we meet , and ask an explanation of any remarkable dress or demeanour ...
... turn along the streets ; I predict we shall go but a little way ere you will be struck with some particular objects of suffering hu- manity observe the passengers we meet , and ask an explanation of any remarkable dress or demeanour ...
Seite 109
... turn your eyes to those men uniformly clothed and armed , not with persuasive music , but with weapons wrought expressly for the extirpation of such of their brethren as the prize - fighters of our race may at their will and pleasure ...
... turn your eyes to those men uniformly clothed and armed , not with persuasive music , but with weapons wrought expressly for the extirpation of such of their brethren as the prize - fighters of our race may at their will and pleasure ...
Seite 120
... turn a beggar ; for this sort of wealth never lasts long : at farthest , the third generation scatters the main part of it . " " I will , " continued L- , " give you one treat more , and then I think , we shall have a sufficient number ...
... turn a beggar ; for this sort of wealth never lasts long : at farthest , the third generation scatters the main part of it . " " I will , " continued L- , " give you one treat more , and then I think , we shall have a sufficient number ...
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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
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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...