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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... 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 his companion ; offering an asylum in his own dwelling , and to point out ...
... 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 his companion ; offering an asylum in his own dwelling , and to point out ...
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... nation of atoms , in simultaneous contact and movement . However , the Deists are become sectarian , as well as the revelationists ; they are much divided in notion and idea of Deity . They assert belief in a Supreme , but disagree as ...
... nation of atoms , in simultaneous contact and movement . However , the Deists are become sectarian , as well as the revelationists ; they are much divided in notion and idea of Deity . They assert belief in a Supreme , but disagree as ...
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... nations of antiquity , the Egyptians , the Greeks , the Carthaginians , the Romans , why did not they practise the milder virtues ? Why did they worship a plurality , and pay adoration at the shrines of idols ? " The answer is forth ...
... nations of antiquity , the Egyptians , the Greeks , the Carthaginians , the Romans , why did not they practise the milder virtues ? Why did they worship a plurality , and pay adoration at the shrines of idols ? " The answer is forth ...
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... nation rushed from a thicket and surrounded me : " Ah ! " said the chief , with a grim smile , “ you have been absent a long time , but you are welcome home : we too have tarried long , we have patiently awaited your coming ; let us ...
... nation rushed from a thicket and surrounded me : " Ah ! " said the chief , with a grim smile , “ you have been absent a long time , but you are welcome home : we too have tarried long , we have patiently awaited your coming ; let us ...
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... nation . If , stung to madness , they endea- voured to shake off the yoke by open violence , they were overpowered by the myrmidons of official power and dignity , who cried ' Treason , anarchy , rebellion ! ' and dispatched out of the ...
... nation . If , stung to madness , they endea- voured to shake off the yoke by open violence , they were overpowered by the myrmidons of official power and dignity , who cried ' Treason , anarchy , rebellion ! ' and dispatched out of the ...
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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...