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... look on with veneration . Strange , thought I , that the arts and the laws they boast of , are not pleasing enough to restrain these men from leaving the country they profess to admire so much ! Are they come to learn happiness from the ...
... look on with veneration . Strange , thought I , that the arts and the laws they boast of , are not pleasing enough to restrain these men from leaving the country they profess to admire so much ! Are they come to learn happiness from the ...
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... they can work hard : it is about the same with us bipeds . We will then walk out and look about us , it is time to shew you theory reduced to practice besides , there is an old and true THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 19 LETTER IV. ...
... they can work hard : it is about the same with us bipeds . We will then walk out and look about us , it is time to shew you theory reduced to practice besides , there is an old and true THE CITIZEN OF NATURE . 19 LETTER IV. ...
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... looks which seemed to say , " do not delay us , we carry the weight of empire on our shoulders ; " some with contracted brows , looking downwards , as if to search for treasure hidden beneath the surface ; others looking anxiously ...
... looks which seemed to say , " do not delay us , we carry the weight of empire on our shoulders ; " some with contracted brows , looking downwards , as if to search for treasure hidden beneath the surface ; others looking anxiously ...
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... looks of incredulity , or forced attention . Not a few with nostrils dilated upwards , as if to indicate a sovereign contempt for all but themselves ; filth jostling neatness , rags shaking against finery . The centre of the street ...
... looks of incredulity , or forced attention . Not a few with nostrils dilated upwards , as if to indicate a sovereign contempt for all but themselves ; filth jostling neatness , rags shaking against finery . The centre of the street ...
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... , implying " probably you have . " ) He con- tinues ; " You must know I am an inhabitant of the Earth , or rather was so , and should not wonder if this was our moon ; don't I look blue ? " - " Why , yes , rather 50 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
... , implying " probably you have . " ) He con- tinues ; " You must know I am an inhabitant of the Earth , or rather was so , and should not wonder if this was our moon ; don't I look blue ? " - " Why , yes , rather 50 THE CITIZEN OF NATURE .
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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...