The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at Home |
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... Friend at Home Henry Horne. The Author informs his Friends , that the Publication of this little Volume has been delayed by peculiar circumstances , which couldn either be foreseen or pre- vented . THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . LETTER I. At Sea .
... Friend at Home Henry Horne. The Author informs his Friends , that the Publication of this little Volume has been delayed by peculiar circumstances , which couldn either be foreseen or pre- vented . THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . LETTER I. At Sea .
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... " 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 deviation from the routine of THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 11.
... " 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 deviation from the routine of THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 11.
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