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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... positions too self - evidently absurd to be once named among us , except as a joke : they are insults to common sense , and should be put away as foolish talking . He is aware some well - disposed friends , drones in the civil hive ...
... positions too self - evidently absurd to be once named among us , except as a joke : they are insults to common sense , and should be put away as foolish talking . He is aware some well - disposed friends , drones in the civil hive ...
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... position of the wires and hands , which , unseen , direct their movements . " " But , " I exclaimed , " you hint I have been already misled by appearances ; how do I know but that you will unintentionally deceive me by your expositions ...
... position of the wires and hands , which , unseen , direct their movements . " " But , " I exclaimed , " you hint I have been already misled by appearances ; how do I know but that you will unintentionally deceive me by your expositions ...
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... positions purely local and temporary , it now totters to its base before the mighty engines of knowledge , which batter it forlorn on all sides . Happy are they who escape crush and suffocation from the rubbish which will accompany its ...
... positions purely local and temporary , it now totters to its base before the mighty engines of knowledge , which batter it forlorn on all sides . Happy are they who escape crush and suffocation from the rubbish which will accompany its ...
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... position , if these catastrophes are spoken of in the light of a " Specialty ; " but I can with difficulty bring against Nature a charge of cruelty ; and if these be considered as pro- ceeding from natural causes , they are not one iota ...
... position , if these catastrophes are spoken of in the light of a " Specialty ; " but I can with difficulty bring against Nature a charge of cruelty ; and if these be considered as pro- ceeding from natural causes , they are not one iota ...
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... position , that her polar inclination is not the same as it was a thousand years back : whence is this , to what stupendous results may it not lead ? And this last fact should be a caution to us , not to construe natural phenomena upon ...
... position , that her polar inclination is not the same as it was a thousand years back : whence is this , to what stupendous results may it not lead ? And this last fact should be a caution to us , not to construe natural phenomena upon ...
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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...