The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: Secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs in the American Revolution : to which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life, Volume 1G. Davidson, 1824 |
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... thousand dollars ; which was all the compensation he ever received from government . Some have supposed that he applied personally to Congress for remuneration for his writings , and have condemned him on that ground , as evincing a ...
... thousand dollars ; which was all the compensation he ever received from government . Some have supposed that he applied personally to Congress for remuneration for his writings , and have condemned him on that ground , as evincing a ...
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... thousand pounds ; * which was afterwards converted into a bank by the sub- scribers , headed by Robert Morris , and supplied the wants of the army . This supply was probably instrumental in enabling Washington to carry into effect his ...
... thousand pounds ; * which was afterwards converted into a bank by the sub- scribers , headed by Robert Morris , and supplied the wants of the army . This supply was probably instrumental in enabling Washington to carry into effect his ...
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... yet it is no support of monarchical gov- ernment , for the Jews at that time were without a king , and in a state of vassalage to the Romans . VOL . I. 4 Near three thousand years passed away , from the Mo- COMMON SENSE . 25.
... yet it is no support of monarchical gov- ernment , for the Jews at that time were without a king , and in a state of vassalage to the Romans . VOL . I. 4 Near three thousand years passed away , from the Mo- COMMON SENSE . 25.
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... thousand years passed away , from the Mo- saic account of the creation , till the Jews , under a national delusion , requested a king . Till then , their form of gov- ernment ( except in extraordinary cases , where the Al- mighty ...
... thousand years passed away , from the Mo- saic account of the creation , till the Jews , under a national delusion , requested a king . Till then , their form of gov- ernment ( except in extraordinary cases , where the Al- mighty ...
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... thousand sterling a year for , and worshipped into the bargain ! Of more worth is one honest man to society , and in the sight of God , than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived . THOUGHTS ON THE PRESENT STATE OF AMERICAN AFFAIRS ...
... thousand sterling a year for , and worshipped into the bargain ! Of more worth is one honest man to society , and in the sight of God , than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived . THOUGHTS ON THE PRESENT STATE OF AMERICAN AFFAIRS ...
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Page 75 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Page 27 - And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
Page 26 - And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
Page 32 - Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel ; and they said, Nay ; but we will have a king over us ; that we also may be like all the nations ; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
Page 370 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of...
Page 370 - Nor can any man, who acknowledges the being of God, be justly deprived or abridged of any civil right as a citizen, on account of his religious sentiments or peculiar mode of religious worship...
Page 276 - Comfort, all along the sea coast to the southward two hundred miles, and all that space and circuit of land, lying from the sea coast of the precinct aforesaid, up into the land, throughout from sea to sea, west and northwest...
Page 34 - ... twenty years of our lives is to become a precedent for the next twenty. But even this is admitting more than is true; for I answer roundly that America would have flourished as much, and probably much more, had no European power taken any notice of her.
Page 290 - And we do further strictly enjoin and require all persons whatever, who have either wilfully or inadvertently seated themselves upon any lands within the countries above described, or upon any other lands which, not having been ceded to or purchased by us, are still reserved to the said Indians as aforesaid, forthwith to remove themselves from such settlements.
Page 27 - Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.