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 11
... principles , followed up by conduct . Lis certainly a singular man ; he his ec- centric without effort , apparently without consciousness of his eccentricity . To those who see no deeper than the surface , he would ap- pear a man of ...
... principles , followed up by conduct . Lis certainly a singular man ; he his ec- centric without effort , apparently without consciousness of his eccentricity . To those who see no deeper than the surface , he would ap- pear a man of ...
Pàgina 38
... own ? the trout shall hide her spawn in their pave- ment , the otter shall dive through them.- While this proud edifice whereon we stand , concomitant still with the principles of its founders , and 38 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... own ? the trout shall hide her spawn in their pave- ment , the otter shall dive through them.- While this proud edifice whereon we stand , concomitant still with the principles of its founders , and 38 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
Pàgina 39
... principles of its founders , and like them reduced to natural level , shall lie a crumbling disjointed monu- ment , the victim of fruitless opposition to Nature's laws , and of fallacious policy : the owl shall whoop round its fragments ...
... principles of its founders , and like them reduced to natural level , shall lie a crumbling disjointed monu- ment , the victim of fruitless opposition to Nature's laws , and of fallacious policy : the owl shall whoop round its fragments ...
Pàgina 43
... principles of truth and right reason ; and assuming as incontrovertible the existence of misery and want in the mass of mankind , even in their best state of society ; and , be it known to you the latter is asserted to exist in absolute ...
... principles of truth and right reason ; and assuming as incontrovertible the existence of misery and want in the mass of mankind , even in their best state of society ; and , be it known to you the latter is asserted to exist in absolute ...
Pàgina 62
... principle immu- table ? Can any thing in materiality or im- materiality be otherwise than as it is ? Is there any such existence as alternative ? Is it not absurd to ask " why things are as they are ? " May we not as well ask , “ Why do ...
... principle immu- table ? Can any thing in materiality or im- materiality be otherwise than as it is ? Is there any such existence as alternative ? Is it not absurd to ask " why things are as they are ? " May we not as well ask , “ Why do ...
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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
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...