The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at Home |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 22
Page 11
... 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 common - place character ; to those who see ...
... 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 common - place character ; to those who see ...
Page 12
... certainly , " he replied : " as a birthright I in- herit protection from , and am amenable to her laws ; and while within the pale of her do- minion , am one of her community : and from the protecting spirit of her Government , so too ...
... certainly , " he replied : " as a birthright I in- herit protection from , and am amenable to her laws ; and while within the pale of her do- minion , am one of her community : and from the protecting spirit of her Government , so too ...
Page 25
... , that is , into pleasures strictly animal and necessitous , which are those of taking food ; and into those which we term amusements , which last are certainly not necessary to the con- tinuance THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 25.
... , that is , into pleasures strictly animal and necessitous , which are those of taking food ; and into those which we term amusements , which last are certainly not necessary to the con- tinuance THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 25.
Page 26
... certainly not necessary to the con- tinuance of existence ; but have been too often confounded with those that are . Now , I mean to say , no man can enjoy mental pleasure , ease and serenity of soul , in the lofty degree for which ...
... certainly not necessary to the con- tinuance of existence ; but have been too often confounded with those that are . Now , I mean to say , no man can enjoy mental pleasure , ease and serenity of soul , in the lofty degree for which ...
Page 49
... certainly you could not . " And yet , if will and belief were proper- ties dependent and inseparable , you would be able to do so ; you would possess a mental power of confounding and merging one in the other but the converse being ...
... certainly you could not . " And yet , if will and belief were proper- ties dependent and inseparable , you would be able to do so ; you would possess a mental power of confounding and merging one in the other but the converse being ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
Page 221 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 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...
Page 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...