The Citizen of NatureW. Benbow, 1824 - 238 Seiten |
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... wishes , besought me to be- come his companion ; offering an asylum in his own dwelling , and to point out much that would be novel and striking to a stranger , in the institutions of his countrymen . Such a temptation was irresistible ...
... wishes , besought me to be- come his companion ; offering an asylum in his own dwelling , and to point out much that would be novel and striking to a stranger , in the institutions of his countrymen . Such a temptation was irresistible ...
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... wish to assume au- right names : I have no thority over your mind , to fashion your no- tions by my own ; that would be a vile usur- pation , at which my nature recoils . You possess free agency , see and judge for yourself : all I can ...
... wish to assume au- right names : I have no thority over your mind , to fashion your no- tions by my own ; that would be a vile usur- pation , at which my nature recoils . You possess free agency , see and judge for yourself : all I can ...
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... wishes he would feel , if left to himself , as " Unity . " But place him in con- tact with numbers of his genus , and his exist- ence assumes a widely different character ; then , his powers and latent capabilities are drawn into play ...
... wishes he would feel , if left to himself , as " Unity . " But place him in con- tact with numbers of his genus , and his exist- ence assumes a widely different character ; then , his powers and latent capabilities are drawn into play ...
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... wishes to - morrow , if not to - day , or next week , next month , next year , at least at some indefinite period , before the termination of their career of existence ? " - " No , " said L , " they are not happy , nor will they attain ...
... wishes to - morrow , if not to - day , or next week , next month , next year , at least at some indefinite period , before the termination of their career of existence ? " - " No , " said L , " they are not happy , nor will they attain ...
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... wish- ing to continue the conversation on this topic . " It is indeed , " said L- , " it is like every other function of Nature , wonderful and beau- tiful : I own , I delight in looking at a person stretched in refreshing slumber . Did ...
... wish- ing to continue the conversation on this topic . " It is indeed , " said L- , " it is like every other function of Nature , wonderful and beau- tiful : I own , I delight in looking at a person stretched in refreshing slumber . Did ...
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acquired action animal artificial assert Atheist become belief blood cause certainly chimney sweeper civil clothing common conscience consequence Deism Deist dreadful earth emotion endeavour enjoyment enquiry equality equipoise eternity evil existence eyes faculties fancy father fear feeling fool founded free agency fresh genus Gil Blas give hand happiness HARVARD COLLEGE hear heart Holborn human idea ignorance instance intellect knowledge labour laws ledge LETTER listen look luxuries marriage Maurepas mean ment mental middle men mind misery mode nation natural justice natural law Nature necessity never observe once pain Paradise Lost perhaps persons philanthropy pleasure possession present principles proof reason receive revelation sense slavery sort soul sounds speak species surface tell term thee Theocracy things thou thought tion true truth turn unnatural virtue Whigs
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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 - 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...