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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... causing the slightest extension of liberal sentiment ; in awakening one kindred emotion of sympathy ; he will not have written in vain . He is proud to acknowledge some of his Theses to be enlargements on hints received in conversation ...
... causing the slightest extension of liberal sentiment ; in awakening one kindred emotion of sympathy ; he will not have written in vain . He is proud to acknowledge some of his Theses to be enlargements on hints received in conversation ...
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... Cause ? They tell me of things which my soul refuses to comprehend . " men . My father had often said , " My son , be- ware of the Whites , they are crafty above all They deceived our Fathers while they extended to them the right hand ...
... Cause ? They tell me of things which my soul refuses to comprehend . " men . My father had often said , " My son , be- ware of the Whites , they are crafty above all They deceived our Fathers while they extended to them the right hand ...
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... caused by painful recollections , somehow con- nected with our now near approach to Eng- land , I forbore to harass him with questions ; and waited for some external incident to dis- sipate the gloom which gathered round him . Already ...
... caused by painful recollections , somehow con- nected with our now near approach to Eng- land , I forbore to harass him with questions ; and waited for some external incident to dis- sipate the gloom which gathered round him . Already ...
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... caused pain to your sensitive heart : forgive me , my friend , if I have seemed estranged and altered ; this lovely sunset has recalled me to myself : my apparent neglect has arisen solely from increasing anxiety on your ac- count . You ...
... caused pain to your sensitive heart : forgive me , my friend , if I have seemed estranged and altered ; this lovely sunset has recalled me to myself : my apparent neglect has arisen solely from increasing anxiety on your ac- count . You ...
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... causes of my chagrin ; oh , pause ! and think how selfish- ly you are reasoning : it is most true , I do indeed possess all these resources usually deemed as of course the sources of happiness ; but do our fellow - men possess them too ...
... causes of my chagrin ; oh , pause ! and think how selfish- ly you are reasoning : it is most true , I do indeed possess all these resources usually deemed as of course the sources of happiness ; but do our fellow - men possess them too ...
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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...