The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at HomeJ. Johnson, 1823 - 238 pàgines |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 18.
Pàgina 2
... look on with veneration . Strange , thought I , that the arts and the laws they boast of , are not pleasing enough to restrain these men from leaving the country they profess to admire so much ! Are they come to learn happiness from the ...
... look on with veneration . Strange , thought I , that the arts and the laws they boast of , are not pleasing enough to restrain these men from leaving the country they profess to admire so much ! Are they come to learn happiness from the ...
Pàgina 19
... they can work hard : it is about the same with us bipeds . We will then walk out and look about us , it is time to shew you theory reduced to practice besides , there is an old and true THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 19 LETTER IV. ...
... they can work hard : it is about the same with us bipeds . We will then walk out and look about us , it is time to shew you theory reduced to practice besides , there is an old and true THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 19 LETTER IV. ...
Pàgina 20
... looks which seemed to say , “ do not delay us , we carry the weight of empire on our shoulders ; " some with contracted brows , looking downwards , as if to search for treasure hidden beneath the surface ; others looking anxiously ...
... looks which seemed to say , “ do not delay us , we carry the weight of empire on our shoulders ; " some with contracted brows , looking downwards , as if to search for treasure hidden beneath the surface ; others looking anxiously ...
Pàgina 21
... looks of incredulity , or forced attention . Not a few with nostrils dilated upwards , as if to indicate a sovereign contempt for all but themselves ; filth jostling neatness , rags shaking against finery . The centre of the street ...
... looks of incredulity , or forced attention . Not a few with nostrils dilated upwards , as if to indicate a sovereign contempt for all but themselves ; filth jostling neatness , rags shaking against finery . The centre of the street ...
Pàgina 50
... , implying " probably you have . " ) He con- tinues ; " You must know I am an inhabitant of the Earth , or rather was so , and should not wonder if this was our moon ; don't I look blue ? " - " Why , yes , rather 50 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... , implying " probably you have . " ) He con- tinues ; " You must know I am an inhabitant of the Earth , or rather was so , and should not wonder if this was our moon ; don't I look blue ? " - " Why , yes , rather 50 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
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
Passatges populars
Pàgina 221 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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...