The Political Works of Thomas Paine: Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the Congress of the United States of America During the Revolutionary WarPeter Raynolds, 1826 - 425 pages |
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... manner , cannot now be ascertained ; but there are many reasons to suppose that he left home with the consent of his father . Young Paine , as is the case with most of the adventur- ers in England , visited London in his route , where ...
... manner , cannot now be ascertained ; but there are many reasons to suppose that he left home with the consent of his father . Young Paine , as is the case with most of the adventur- ers in England , visited London in his route , where ...
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... manner . In the one , he introduces it in a sort of obscure question , and asks- " Will any ministers who now serve such a king with but a decent appearance of respect , cordially obey the orders of those whom but the other day , in his ...
... manner . In the one , he introduces it in a sort of obscure question , and asks- " Will any ministers who now serve such a king with but a decent appearance of respect , cordially obey the orders of those whom but the other day , in his ...
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... manner , and in the grossest style of the most vulgar abuse , the whole representative au- thority of France ; and yet Mr. Burke takes his seat in the British House of Commons ! From his violence and his grief , his silence on some ...
... manner , and in the grossest style of the most vulgar abuse , the whole representative au- thority of France ; and yet Mr. Burke takes his seat in the British House of Commons ! From his violence and his grief , his silence on some ...
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... manner . They learn it from the governments they live under , and retaliate the punishments they have been accustomed to behold . The heads stuck upon spikes , which remained for years upon Temple - bar , differed nothing in the horror ...
... manner . They learn it from the governments they live under , and retaliate the punishments they have been accustomed to behold . The heads stuck upon spikes , which remained for years upon Temple - bar , differed nothing in the horror ...
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... manner , remained in the streets , or took up their quarters in the churches ; and at two o'clock the King and Queen retired . In this state matters passed till the break of day when a fresh disturbance arose from the censurable conduct ...
... manner , remained in the streets , or took up their quarters in the churches ; and at two o'clock the King and Queen retired . In this state matters passed till the break of day when a fresh disturbance arose from the censurable conduct ...
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Page 155 - 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 139 - Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness ' positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last is a punisher. Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil ; in its worst state an intolerable one...
Page 202 - ... not give up a people to military destruction, or leave them unsupportedly to perish, who have so earnestly and so repeatedly sought to avoid the calamities of war, by every decent method which wisdom could invent. Neither have I so much of the infidel in me, as to suppose that He has relinquished the government of the world, and given us up to the care of devils...
Page 148 - 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 160 - This new World hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe. Hither have they fled, not from the tender embraces of the mother, but from the cruelty of the monster; and it is so far true of England, that the same tyranny which drove the first emigrants from home, pursues their descendants still.
Page 149 - And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
Page 148 - Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you : the LORD shall rule over you.
Page 141 - But as the colony increases, the public concerns will increase likewise, and the distance at which the members may be separated will render it too inconvenient for all of them to meet on every occasion as at first, when their number was small, their habitations near, and the public concerns few and trifling. This will point out the convenience of their consenting to leave the legislative part to be managed by a select number chosen from the whole body, who are supposed to have the same concerns at...
Page 40 - Every history of the creation, and every traditionary account, whether from the lettered or unlettered world, however they may vary in their opinion or belief of certain particulars, all agree in establishing one point, the unity of man; by which I mean that men are all of one degree, and consequently that all men are born equal, and with equal natural rights...
Page 170 - I could never relish the doctrine of reconciliation, or consider myself bound thereby. The colonies have manifested such a spirit of good order and obedience to continental government, as is sufficient to make every reasonable person easy and happy on that head.