The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at Home |
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... force , in the countries which were not visited by its operation ) were greatly reduced in number , and vast tracks left in an unoccupied state by that event . Thus it was , that the immense forests of your country grew up in the soil ...
... force , in the countries which were not visited by its operation ) were greatly reduced in number , and vast tracks left in an unoccupied state by that event . Thus it was , that the immense forests of your country grew up in the soil ...
Page 80
... force . ' And thus was drawn the first new line of exclusive possession , and the origin of towns and adjacent lands held in common , as the property of the inhabitants .』་ " Hence also arose the form of Regal go- vernment , by which ...
... force . ' And thus was drawn the first new line of exclusive possession , and the origin of towns and adjacent lands held in common , as the property of the inhabitants .』་ " Hence also arose the form of Regal go- vernment , by which ...
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... force the junta so openly or secretly formed . But as such attack was often confined to one house- hold , or because those who felt aggrieved did not coalesce in a mode of co - operation , they successively fell a prey to superior force ...
... force the junta so openly or secretly formed . But as such attack was often confined to one house- hold , or because those who felt aggrieved did not coalesce in a mode of co - operation , they successively fell a prey to superior force ...
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... force of general , extended information . What does the history of all society of the nature I have pointed out , present , but a succession of revolt and bloodshed , of a prolonged and wearisome struggle between assumed power labouring ...
... force of general , extended information . What does the history of all society of the nature I have pointed out , present , but a succession of revolt and bloodshed , of a prolonged and wearisome struggle between assumed power labouring ...
Page 161
... forces of habit , interest , prejudice , selfish pride , idleness , avarice , and bigoted superstition , a tolerably formidable array ; to wage an unequal contest against this precious septemvirate , this ' holy alliance , ' who ...
... forces of habit , interest , prejudice , selfish pride , idleness , avarice , and bigoted superstition , a tolerably formidable array ; to wage an unequal contest against this precious septemvirate , this ' holy alliance , ' who ...
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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...