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... latter , a large dog was placed , who with his fore .... edge , tail erect , and jaws d the air with incessant ba around . " Behold , " said L- in the inner m , rent nacing all in that fierce Man has beast a type of perverted intellect ...
... latter , a large dog was placed , who with his fore .... edge , tail erect , and jaws d the air with incessant ba around . " Behold , " said L- in the inner m , rent nacing all in that fierce Man has beast a type of perverted intellect ...
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... strike as forcibly on the latter as sounds through his power of hearing ; he is enabled to communicate with surprising rapidity . And lastly , in many instances , through accident and combination THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 27.
... strike as forcibly on the latter as sounds through his power of hearing ; he is enabled to communicate with surprising rapidity . And lastly , in many instances , through accident and combination THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 27.
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... latter soon dispelled my oppression , and I felt ready to hear L ― ' s remarks . " Now , " said he , " that you are recovered , draw back and listen . " I did so , and heard the hubbub of the multitude below ascending through the haze ...
... latter soon dispelled my oppression , and I felt ready to hear L ― ' s remarks . " Now , " said he , " that you are recovered , draw back and listen . " I did so , and heard the hubbub of the multitude below ascending through the haze ...
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... latter throwing up columns of smoke . " Well , " said L-- , " what think you , is not this an astonishing scene ? ” — “ I know not what to think , ” replied I , " my faculties are enchained . " - " No wonder , " said he , " so were mine ...
... latter throwing up columns of smoke . " Well , " said L-- , " what think you , is not this an astonishing scene ? ” — “ I know not what to think , ” replied I , " my faculties are enchained . " - " No wonder , " said he , " so were mine ...
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... latter is asserted to exist in absolute purity in this very city ; and of our having seen to - day an exhibition of glaring contrasts , and heard a clash of jarring ex- tremes ; of having witnessed an evident excess of possession in one ...
... latter is asserted to exist in absolute purity in this very city ; and of our having seen to - day an exhibition of glaring contrasts , and heard a clash of jarring ex- tremes ; of having witnessed an evident excess of possession in one ...
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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 - Necker,'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...