The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at Home |
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... once named among us , except as a joke : they are insults to 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 ...
... once named among us , except as a joke : they are insults to 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 ...
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... once I embarked on the world of waters , without bidding adieu even to thee ; and buoyant with hope , turned away from the land of my fathers . Our friendship demands this explanation ; for lack whereof thou mightest deem me unkind ...
... once I embarked on the world of waters , without bidding adieu even to thee ; and buoyant with hope , turned away from the land of my fathers . Our friendship demands this explanation ; for lack whereof thou mightest deem me unkind ...
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... once for all , to beware of placing a blind confidence in me : men will always differ on subjects incapable of demon- strative proof : what that proof is , I will hereafter shew you ; but it remains for you to be convinced , that ...
... once for all , to beware of placing a blind confidence in me : men will always differ on subjects incapable of demon- strative proof : what that proof is , I will hereafter shew you ; but it remains for you to be convinced , that ...
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... once , that if we are allowed to define knowledge , as consisting in knowing , as truth , those things which belong to man , as man , by virtue of his superior understanding and pre- rogative , as the master - piece of that part of the ...
... once , that if we are allowed to define knowledge , as consisting in knowing , as truth , those things which belong to man , as man , by virtue of his superior understanding and pre- rogative , as the master - piece of that part of the ...
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... once ; but I have long since learned to soar above first impressions , they are sel- dom correct , and always need accurate weigh- ing . I am no longer bewildered , but pierced with sorrow ; not from the reflection that , in a short ...
... once ; but I have long since learned to soar above first impressions , they are sel- dom correct , and always need accurate weigh- ing . I am no longer bewildered , but pierced with sorrow ; not from the reflection that , in a short ...
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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...