The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at Home |
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Page 55
... certainly joking , or imposing on you ; the mildest con- struction we can put on the story is , he was himself deceived . Such facetious tales wont do here ; if the rest of your forthcoming nar- rative is of a piece with the exordium ...
... certainly joking , or imposing on you ; the mildest con- struction we can put on the story is , he was himself deceived . Such facetious tales wont do here ; if the rest of your forthcoming nar- rative is of a piece with the exordium ...
Page 60
... certainly the master- piece of the globe he inhabits , and that is all we know : may not higher orders of intelligence exist in other spheres , of whose forms and properties we can have no more idea than a blind man can of colours ...
... certainly the master- piece of the globe he inhabits , and that is all we know : may not higher orders of intelligence exist in other spheres , of whose forms and properties we can have no more idea than a blind man can of colours ...
Page 66
... certainly have been scoffed at for a fool and madman first , and perhaps torn in pieces by the rabble , to boot : what may we not then hope , when it is since proved , that such sug- gestions would have been founded on truth ? and when ...
... certainly have been scoffed at for a fool and madman first , and perhaps torn in pieces by the rabble , to boot : what may we not then hope , when it is since proved , that such sug- gestions would have been founded on truth ? and when ...
Page 72
... certainly light , for I could see far among the trees , and yet it was not the light of morning , of noontide , of evening , of moonshine ; it was entirely new and unusual . Besides , I felt a chilling sense of numbness and dread , a ...
... certainly light , for I could see far among the trees , and yet it was not the light of morning , of noontide , of evening , of moonshine ; it was entirely new and unusual . Besides , I felt a chilling sense of numbness and dread , a ...
Page 91
... Certainly , his teeth and stomach are well able to masticate and digest flesh , he may well be defined as both carnivorous and fru- givorous ; but I am satisfied , that if he per- formed no more than needful natural labour , his powers ...
... Certainly , his teeth and stomach are well able to masticate and digest flesh , he may well be defined as both carnivorous and fru- givorous ; but I am satisfied , that if he per- formed no more than needful natural labour , his powers ...
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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...