The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at Home |
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... civil hive , will buz such slanderous imputations ; but feels secure in the es- timation of his real friends , against such impotent attempts at a sting . Perhaps the declaration is super- fluous , but he makes ii PREFACE .
... civil hive , will buz such slanderous imputations ; but feels secure in the es- timation of his real friends , against such impotent attempts at a sting . Perhaps the declaration is super- fluous , but he makes ii PREFACE .
Page 12
... civil compact : " I am so , 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 ...
... civil compact : " I am so , 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 ...
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... civil society has been hitherto framed ; it will be necessary to go back a good way , and notice with as much perspicuity as the subject will admit , the great changes to which our globe has been exposed . I shall not attempt to ...
... civil society has been hitherto framed ; it will be necessary to go back a good way , and notice with as much perspicuity as the subject will admit , the great changes to which our globe has been exposed . I shall not attempt to ...
Page 82
... civil wars ensued , and by following the rules of division before mentioned , on the issue of the contest the earth's surface was more unevenly apportioned than before . And matters were carried still farther ; for now the strongest ...
... civil wars ensued , and by following the rules of division before mentioned , on the issue of the contest the earth's surface was more unevenly apportioned than before . And matters were carried still farther ; for now the strongest ...
Page 83
... civil governments , now become numerous , also from their birth partook of their parents ' disabilities , and were like them in bondage : the number of these was multiplied exceed- ingly in every succeeding generation . " And hitherto ...
... civil governments , now become numerous , also from their birth partook of their parents ' disabilities , and were like them in bondage : the number of these was multiplied exceed- ingly in every succeeding generation . " And hitherto ...
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Page 221 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
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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...