The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at HomeJ. Johnson, 1823 - 238 Seiten |
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... tell me of things which my soul refuses to comprehend . " men . My father had often said , " My son , be- ware of the Whites , they are crafty above all They deceived our Fathers while they extended to them the right hand of brother ...
... tell me of things which my soul refuses to comprehend . " men . My father had often said , " My son , be- ware of the Whites , they are crafty above all They deceived our Fathers while they extended to them the right hand of brother ...
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... tell but that you are yourself mistaken ? I demand a touchstone , a scale by which I may reduce to the standard of truth , your explanations , your arguments ; some sure and certain test by which all opinion , all assertion may be put ...
... tell but that you are yourself mistaken ? I demand a touchstone , a scale by which I may reduce to the standard of truth , your explanations , your arguments ; some sure and certain test by which all opinion , all assertion may be put ...
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... tell you , 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 ...
... tell you , 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 ...
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... tell you , my friend , that this night , at the moment I am speak- ing , thousands of the sons of men are tra- versing this great city without the means of procuring food or clothing , the only absolute necessaries of man , suffering ...
... tell you , my friend , that this night , at the moment I am speak- ing , thousands of the sons of men are tra- versing this great city without the means of procuring food or clothing , the only absolute necessaries of man , suffering ...
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... tell you I have seen it , this building is familiar to me . " " You rave , " said L , " when ? how ? This is the chief place of worship in the city , your imagination deceives you . " As he spoke , the mist seemed to roll away , and my ...
... tell you I have seen it , this building is familiar to me . " " You rave , " said L , " when ? how ? This is the chief place of worship in the city , your imagination deceives you . " As he spoke , the mist seemed to roll away , and my ...
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Seite 221 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Seite 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...
Seite 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...