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 17
... turning their heads to either side : these persons open wide their mouths for the cram of nonsensical garbage , and are crammed to the tongue accordingly : if your informants belong to that class , I pity them ; if they knew better , I ...
... turning their heads to either side : these persons open wide their mouths for the cram of nonsensical garbage , and are crammed to the tongue accordingly : if your informants belong to that class , I pity them ; if they knew better , I ...
Pàgina 24
... Turning to L- - , I asked , if any thing extraordinary was going on ? " Oh , no , " he replied , " this is every day work here . " " Then , in the name of won- der , what does all this mean ? I am stupified with this incessant din ...
... Turning to L- - , I asked , if any thing extraordinary was going on ? " Oh , no , " he replied , " this is every day work here . " " Then , in the name of won- der , what does all this mean ? I am stupified with this incessant din ...
Pàgina 26
... sounds , infinitely modified from peculiar organic struc- ture ; and by which he communicates the workings of his own sensorium , and in turn imbibes new impressions through his sense of hearing ; thus 26 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... sounds , infinitely modified from peculiar organic struc- ture ; and by which he communicates the workings of his own sensorium , and in turn imbibes new impressions through his sense of hearing ; thus 26 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
Pàgina 34
... turns to , and is sharpened in others ; it loses its powers of discrimination , but acquires in- creased fertility of imagination ; is still affected by extrinsic incident : if the digestive organs are impeded , the owner fancies ...
... turns to , and is sharpened in others ; it loses its powers of discrimination , but acquires in- creased fertility of imagination ; is still affected by extrinsic incident : if the digestive organs are impeded , the owner fancies ...
Pàgina 42
... turn succeeded here by his own offspring , a part of his own organic mat- ter , and therefore inheriting the same natural rights so appertaining to him ; he cannot by Natural Right acquire any control over any part of the reservoir of ...
... turn succeeded here by his own offspring , a part of his own organic mat- ter , and therefore inheriting the same natural rights so appertaining to him ; he cannot by Natural Right acquire any control over any part of the reservoir of ...
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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...