The Citizen of NatureW. Benbow, 1824 - 238 páginas |
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... its greatest width . But now , I fancied the wind which bore us along sounded as a breath in- haled by the Spirit of the deep , to draw us within his jaws . Our companions , however , seemed THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 5.
... its greatest width . But now , I fancied the wind which bore us along sounded as a breath in- haled by the Spirit of the deep , to draw us within his jaws . Our companions , however , seemed THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 5.
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... draw , " said I , " a frightful picture of civilization ; already I feel my ardour for knowledge damped and mortified : if des- cription thus daunts me , what must I expect to feel when drawn within the vortex itself ? Are religion ...
... draw , " said I , " a frightful picture of civilization ; already I feel my ardour for knowledge damped and mortified : if des- cription thus daunts me , what must I expect to feel when drawn within the vortex itself ? Are religion ...
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... drawn by horses , famished or pampered ; some full of heavy packages , or vessels of wood bound with iron . In the front part of many of these latter , a large dog was placed , who with his fore .... edge , tail erect , and jaws d the ...
... drawn by horses , famished or pampered ; some full of heavy packages , or vessels of wood bound with iron . In the front part of many of these latter , a large dog was placed , who with his fore .... edge , tail erect , and jaws d the ...
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... drawn into play ; he becomes more like a complicated piece of mechanism . His original uniform simplicity of will becomes subject to impres- sions of Pride , Ambition , Hope , Despair , Love ( refined ) , Hatred , Anger , Envy , Malice ...
... drawn into play ; he becomes more like a complicated piece of mechanism . His original uniform simplicity of will becomes subject to impres- sions of Pride , Ambition , Hope , Despair , Love ( refined ) , Hatred , Anger , Envy , Malice ...
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... draw back and listen . " I did so , and heard the hubbub of the multitude below ascending through the haze , like the night - roar of the ocean , heard while unseen . The dwellings of men joined in every variety of form and size , were ...
... draw back and listen . " I did so , and heard the hubbub of the multitude below ascending through the haze , like the night - roar of the ocean , heard while unseen . The dwellings of men joined in every variety of form and size , were ...
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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...