The Citizen of NatureW. Benbow, 1824 - 238 páginas |
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... common Cause ? They tell me of things which my soul refuses to comprehend . " • My father had often said , " My son , be- ware of the Whites , they are crafty above all men . They deceived our Fathers while they extended to them the ...
... common Cause ? They tell me of things which my soul refuses to comprehend . " • My father had often said , " My son , be- ware of the Whites , they are crafty above all men . They deceived our Fathers while they extended to them the ...
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... common - place character ; to those who see more than meets the eye , he is an extraordinary being . On the evening of our arrival here , after bidding me kindly welcome to what he was pleased to call his poor sample of English ...
... common - place character ; to those who see more than meets the eye , he is an extraordinary being . On the evening of our arrival here , after bidding me kindly welcome to what he was pleased to call his poor sample of English ...
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... common herd of our species , eccentric I am , and glory in being so . " But , " said I , “ you are at any rate a subject of Eng- land , a member of her civil compact : " I am so , certainly , " he replied : " as a birthright I in- herit ...
... common herd of our species , eccentric I am , and glory in being so . " But , " said I , “ you are at any rate a subject of Eng- land , a member of her civil compact : " I am so , certainly , " he replied : " as a birthright I in- herit ...
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... common centre , around which all the circles of opinion may revolve without colli- sion : we will endeavour to see whether this assertion be warrantable or not ; whether , when the faculties of man are enlightened by the immeasurable ...
... common centre , around which all the circles of opinion may revolve without colli- sion : we will endeavour to see whether this assertion be warrantable or not ; whether , when the faculties of man are enlightened by the immeasurable ...
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... common to man with the other animal forms ; the second appertain to him as distinguishing character- istics . As to amusements , strictly such , they are so perfectly secondary and subservient , that we may with propriety omit them ...
... common to man with the other animal forms ; the second appertain to him as distinguishing character- istics . As to amusements , strictly such , they are so perfectly secondary and subservient , that we may with propriety omit them ...
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The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in ... Henry Horne Visualização integral - 1823 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
acquired action animal artificial assert Atheist become belief 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 HARVARD COLLEGE hear heart Holborn human idea ignorance instance intellect knowledge labour laws ledge LETTER 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 tion true truth turn unnatural virtue Whigs
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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 - Necker,'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...