The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at Home |
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... common sense , and should be put away as foolish talking . He is aware some well - disposed friends , drones in the civil hive , will buz such slanderous imputations ; but feels secure in the es- timation of his real friends , against ...
... common sense , and should be put away as foolish talking . He is aware some well - disposed friends , drones in the civil hive , will buz such slanderous imputations ; but feels secure in the es- timation of his real friends , against ...
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... common life , and are so plain , as to be intelligible by all who possess common powers of re- flection . He has only to add , that should he succeed as an humble auxiliary in re- . moving one stain from degraded huma- nity ; in causing ...
... common life , and are so plain , as to be intelligible by all who possess common powers of re- flection . He has only to add , that should he succeed as an humble auxiliary in re- . moving one stain from degraded huma- nity ; in causing ...
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... common Cause ? They tell me of things which my soul refuses to comprehend . " men . My father had often said , " My son , be- ware of the Whites , they are crafty above all They deceived our Fathers while they extended to them the right ...
... common Cause ? They tell me of things which my soul refuses to comprehend . " men . My father had often said , " My son , be- ware of the Whites , they are crafty above all They deceived our Fathers while they extended to them the right ...
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... common - place character ; to those who see more than meets the eye , he is an extraordinary being . On the evening of our arrival here , after bidding me kindly welcome to what he was pleased to call his poor sample of English ...
... common - place character ; to those who see more than meets the eye , he is an extraordinary being . On the evening of our arrival here , after bidding me kindly welcome to what he was pleased to call his poor sample of English ...
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... common herd of our species , eccentric I am , and glory in being so . " But , " said I , " you are at any rate a subject of Eng- land , a member of her civil compact : " I am so , certainly , " he replied : " as a birthright I in- herit ...
... common herd of our species , eccentric I am , and glory in being so . " But , " said I , " you are at any rate a subject of Eng- land , a member of her civil compact : " I am so , certainly , " he replied : " as a birthright I in- herit ...
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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...