The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at HomeJ. Johnson, 1823 - 238 páginas |
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... become desolate , it is better to perish in this wilderness , by the hands of savages who know not mercy , than to lose our substance under the grasp of the oppressor , who knows it only by name . " - " What , " said I mentally , " do ...
... become desolate , it is better to perish in this wilderness , by the hands of savages who know not mercy , than to lose our substance under the grasp of the oppressor , who knows it only by name . " - " What , " said I mentally , " do ...
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... become ac- quainted with an Englishman named L , who , unlike most of his nation , had sojourned in our country from motives of curiosity on y . He was on the eve of returning home ; and on my opening my wishes , besought me to be- come ...
... become ac- quainted with an Englishman named L , who , unlike most of his nation , had sojourned in our country from motives of curiosity on y . He was on the eve of returning home ; and on my opening my wishes , besought me to be- come ...
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... become sources of real terror to those minds who have not firmness to bear up against them . And yet my sleeping fancy was so strong- ly impressed , that the connection between the real and supposed object formed its own chain ...
... become sources of real terror to those minds who have not firmness to bear up against them . And yet my sleeping fancy was so strong- ly impressed , that the connection between the real and supposed object formed its own chain ...
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... become enveloped , it again throws itself into functional arrangement . But , we are at the entrance , we will ascend this building ; the prospect from the summit will amply repay our toil . When we arrive at the top , I mean to hazard ...
... become enveloped , it again throws itself into functional arrangement . But , we are at the entrance , we will ascend this building ; the prospect from the summit will amply repay our toil . When we arrive at the top , I mean to hazard ...
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... take place from the very same reasons which caus- ed the downfal of governments and imperial cities of false renown , in ages past . This city will become a shapeless mass of ruins , because it THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 37.
... take place from the very same reasons which caus- ed the downfal of governments and imperial cities of false renown , in ages past . This city will become a shapeless mass of ruins , because it THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 37.
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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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Página 221 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Página 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...
Página 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...