The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at HomeJ. Johnson, 1823 - 238 pàgines |
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Pàgina ii
... poor are born for any other purpose than to serve the rich , that misery exists in any shape visible or tangible , in our highly favoured Isle ; that every man inherits , at least a physical right to perfect equality in the enjoyment of ...
... poor are born for any other purpose than to serve the rich , that misery exists in any shape visible or tangible , in our highly favoured Isle ; that every man inherits , at least a physical right to perfect equality in the enjoyment of ...
Pàgina 11
... poor sample of English hospitality , he addressed me as follows : " From the specimens you have already ' had , you must certainly have long since begun to think me a very strange being ; and if ec- centricity consists in a thorough ...
... poor sample of English hospitality , he addressed me as follows : " From the specimens you have already ' had , you must certainly have long since begun to think me a very strange being ; and if ec- centricity consists in a thorough ...
Pàgina 65
... poor Saturn being kicked out of heaven , and Jupiter now reigning there all - powerful , must be a hoax ; seeing , they make Jupiter himself subject to the Parcæ , who spin the threads of existence : surely our Mythology must be founded ...
... poor Saturn being kicked out of heaven , and Jupiter now reigning there all - powerful , must be a hoax ; seeing , they make Jupiter himself subject to the Parcæ , who spin the threads of existence : surely our Mythology must be founded ...
Pàgina 88
... poor sigh for the enjoyments , real or fanciful , of the rich who command them exclusively , the latter call them envious and unthankful , ig- norantly impatient : if they will not submit to injury , to aggression of natural laws ...
... poor sigh for the enjoyments , real or fanciful , of the rich who command them exclusively , the latter call them envious and unthankful , ig- norantly impatient : if they will not submit to injury , to aggression of natural laws ...
Pàgina 100
... stall to the acre of glebe ? The doctrines of Christianity were preached to the poor and needy by the primitive disciples , who fully recognized the equality of the creature , in the eye of the 100 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... stall to the acre of glebe ? The doctrines of Christianity were preached to the poor and needy by the primitive disciples , who fully recognized the equality of the creature , in the eye of the 100 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
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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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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...