The SavageT.S. Manning, 1810 - 312 страници |
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... enter- tainment can be drawn from the observations of a savage upon the manners and customs , vices and virtues , of those who boast the advantages of refinement and civilization . BY PIOMINGO , A Headman and Warrior of the Muscogulgee.
... enter- tainment can be drawn from the observations of a savage upon the manners and customs , vices and virtues , of those who boast the advantages of refinement and civilization . BY PIOMINGO , A Headman and Warrior of the Muscogulgee.
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... virtues and vices . of humanity , and all the operations of nature , were un-- der the direction . of superintending deities : and these gods being unaccountably prolific , there was no space left in nature that did not teem with their ...
... virtues and vices . of humanity , and all the operations of nature , were un-- der the direction . of superintending deities : and these gods being unaccountably prolific , there was no space left in nature that did not teem with their ...
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... virtues of the first magnitude . To suffer pain without complaint , and even with cheerfulness , is made THE GREAT POINT OF HO- NOR . There is no such thing as coercion in the savage system of education . We are proud of doing right ...
... virtues of the first magnitude . To suffer pain without complaint , and even with cheerfulness , is made THE GREAT POINT OF HO- NOR . There is no such thing as coercion in the savage system of education . We are proud of doing right ...
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... " hard breathing " occasionally . PRUDENCE . Or all the qualities of the mind , prudence is the most useful . It is the virtue of civilized nations . What is prudence ? It is " A sly slow thing with circumspective eyes . " THE SAVAGE . 35.
... " hard breathing " occasionally . PRUDENCE . Or all the qualities of the mind , prudence is the most useful . It is the virtue of civilized nations . What is prudence ? It is " A sly slow thing with circumspective eyes . " THE SAVAGE . 35.
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... virtue but cunning ? We are convinced that friendship seldom exists in the civilized world , unless it be among boys at school . These sometimes draw certain old notions of virtue and justice from books , with which they appear to be ...
... virtue but cunning ? We are convinced that friendship seldom exists in the civilized world , unless it be among boys at school . These sometimes draw certain old notions of virtue and justice from books , with which they appear to be ...
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alkahest amusement antient Apicius appear Aristippus attention become body character children of men Chotahowee christian civilized consequence contempt continued countenance CRITO damned delight desire devil dignity discover Doctor Johnson earth endeavor evil exertions existence eyes fathers favor feel filly folly Frank French revolution friendship Gabble give hand happiness hear heard heaven Hobah honor hope idea Jack Flash labor language laws long con luxury Lycurgus malignity manner mean ment mind miserable mountains multitude Muscogulgee nation nature necessity never object observed opinion orthoepy passions peace perceive philosophers Piomingo Plato pleasure poet Poison polished political Polydore portunity possessed prejudices pronunciation quakers Quassia refinement render republican rich savage Schoolmaster slavery slaves smiles society soul species spirit suppose talk thing thou thought tion vice virtue virtuous vitious warrior words
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Страница 289 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Страница 78 - There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men that were of old, men of renown.
Страница 10 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Страница 156 - Why, what should be the fear ? I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself ? It waves me forth again : I'll follow it.
Страница 202 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Страница 225 - The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent armed With mortal sting.
Страница 301 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep: All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Beth day and night.
Страница 217 - For pronunciation the best general rule is, to consider those as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words.