The political works of Thomas PainePeter Raynolds, 1826 - 425 pages |
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... mind can fail to reverence the man who first taught their fathers the important political truth , that Kings are but men , and not unfrequently the very worst of men . The man therefore , who is ungrateful to the being whose potent pen ...
... mind can fail to reverence the man who first taught their fathers the important political truth , that Kings are but men , and not unfrequently the very worst of men . The man therefore , who is ungrateful to the being whose potent pen ...
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... mind dis- closed a powerful thirst for knowledge , particularly for as- tronomical studies ; he had likewise a turn for poetry , but before he had time to make much improvement , or his fac- ulties had scarcely an opportunity to ...
... mind dis- closed a powerful thirst for knowledge , particularly for as- tronomical studies ; he had likewise a turn for poetry , but before he had time to make much improvement , or his fac- ulties had scarcely an opportunity to ...
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... mind much by reading , and his associations were un- doubtedly with that class of persons , that were not calcula- ted either to enlighten his mind , or improve his manners or morals . Hurried as he had been , prematurely from school ...
... mind much by reading , and his associations were un- doubtedly with that class of persons , that were not calcula- ted either to enlighten his mind , or improve his manners or morals . Hurried as he had been , prematurely from school ...
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... mind of its author ; who appears to be soured by disappointments , influenced by the worst of passions , and destitute alike of candor or liberality , or a proper regard for veracity . The work in question hast received that fate which ...
... mind of its author ; who appears to be soured by disappointments , influenced by the worst of passions , and destitute alike of candor or liberality , or a proper regard for veracity . The work in question hast received that fate which ...
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... mind in our coun- try , and to convince the people of the excellence of the re- publican system of government . That his services were highly appreciated by all classes of our citizens friendly to liberty or independence , until his ...
... mind in our coun- try , and to convince the people of the excellence of the re- publican system of government . That his services were highly appreciated by all classes of our citizens friendly to liberty or independence , until his ...
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The Political Works of Thomas Paine, in Two Volumes, Volume 2 Thomas Paine Affichage du livre entier - 1817 |
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Page 141 - 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 136 - He will take the tenth of your sheep and ye shall be his servants. And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king, which ye shall have chosen you ; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.
Page 136 - And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries and to be cooks and to be bakers.
Page 136 - And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen ; and some shall run before his chariots.
Page 143 - Tis not the concern of a day, a year, or an age; posterity are virtually involved in the contest, and will be more or less affected even to the end of time, by the proceedings now. Now is the seed-time of continental union, faith and honor.
Page 136 - I will call unto the Lord and he shall send thunder and rain (which then was a punishment being in the time of wheat harvest) that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, IN ASKING YOU A KING.
Page 136 - Gideon, 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 161 - O! ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose not only the tyranny but the tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted round the Globe. Asia and Africa have long expelled her. Europe regards her like a stranger, and England hath given her warning to depart. O! receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind.
Page 191 - There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kind of public blessings, which we do not immediately see, that GOD hath blessed him with uninterrupted health, and given him a mind that can even flourish upon care.
Page 37 - The fact therefore must be, that the individuals themselves, each in his own personal and sovereign right, entered into a compact with each other to produce a government: and this is the only mode in which governments have a right to arise, and the only principle on whicH they have a right to exist.