Sketches of the History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians: With a Plan for Their Melioration, Volumen2W. Borradaile, 1824 |
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... cen- suring others , for suffering their relation of facts to be perverted , by an attachment to preconceived theo- ries . * * See Robertson's America , book iv . § vii . Volney , in opposition to the sentiments of Rousseau , RELIGION . 7.
... cen- suring others , for suffering their relation of facts to be perverted , by an attachment to preconceived theo- ries . * * See Robertson's America , book iv . § vii . Volney , in opposition to the sentiments of Rousseau , RELIGION . 7.
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... facts should be strained from their natural bent , and resemblances imagined , which have no existence in reality . The most unequivocal method of tracing the origin of the aborigines of America , as Charlevoix has sen- sibly remarked ...
... facts should be strained from their natural bent , and resemblances imagined , which have no existence in reality . The most unequivocal method of tracing the origin of the aborigines of America , as Charlevoix has sen- sibly remarked ...
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... fact of this affini- ty , in its fullest extent , the only legitimate inference would be , that the languages of America are of oriental derivation , and , consequently , that America was peo- pled from Asia . To pursue this subject ...
... fact of this affini- ty , in its fullest extent , the only legitimate inference would be , that the languages of America are of oriental derivation , and , consequently , that America was peo- pled from Asia . To pursue this subject ...
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... fact , all nations have fallen into the corruptions of polytheism and idolatry : we should conclude , even in reasoning à priori , that the religion of the Indians would be found to partake of the general character . Accordingly , the fact ...
... fact , all nations have fallen into the corruptions of polytheism and idolatry : we should conclude , even in reasoning à priori , that the religion of the Indians would be found to partake of the general character . Accordingly , the fact ...
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... fact , every thing in nature has its spirit , though all have not the same rank nor the same influ- ence . The animals they hunt have their spirits . If they do not understand any thing , they immediately say , it is a spirit . If any ...
... fact , every thing in nature has its spirit , though all have not the same rank nor the same influ- ence . The animals they hunt have their spirits . If they do not understand any thing , they immediately say , it is a spirit . If any ...
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Página 42 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Página 44 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Página 154 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the Whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 127 - But how came you to take upon you to sell land at all? We conquered you, we made women of you; you know you are women, and can no more sell land than women.
Página 92 - Pour'd never from her frozen loins, to pass Rhene or the Danaw, when her barbarous sons Came like a deluge on the South, 'and spread Beneath Gibraltar to the Libyan sands.
Página 44 - And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
Página 44 - Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought...
Página 43 - Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, " My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Página 97 - They care for little, because they want but little ; and the reason is, a little contents them. In this they are sufficiently revenged on us. If they are ignorant of our pleasures, they are also free from our pains. They are not disquieted with bills of lading and exchange» nor perplexed with Chancery suits and Exchequer reckonings. We sweat and toil to live. Their pleasure feeds them; I mean their hunting, fishing, and fowling, and this table is spread every where.
Página 97 - Biit, in liberality they excel; nothing is too good for their friend: give them a fine gun, coat, or other thing, it may pass twenty hands before it sticks : light of heart, strong affections, but soon spent. The most merry creatures that live...