The Life of Thomas PaineAmerica printed: London: Reprinted for A. Maxwell, 1817 - 187 páginas |
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... formed , as has often been observed , to pull down , not to set up . His fort was anarchy . Order was the perpetual and invincible enemy of his talents . In tranquillity he sunk into the kennel of intemperance ; in a commotion of the ...
... formed , as has often been observed , to pull down , not to set up . His fort was anarchy . Order was the perpetual and invincible enemy of his talents . In tranquillity he sunk into the kennel of intemperance ; in a commotion of the ...
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... formed and ratified , Still , notwithstanding the alliance , as the supplies were a gratuity , as the king's word , which was the king's honour , and the word of a secret committee of correspondence had been given , that they should be ...
... formed and ratified , Still , notwithstanding the alliance , as the supplies were a gratuity , as the king's word , which was the king's honour , and the word of a secret committee of correspondence had been given , that they should be ...
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... formation of a national character , that broad and solid foundation of national safety , happiness , greatness , and glo- ry , and strenuously recommends an UNION OF THE States . ( c ) See Mr. Jay's and Mr. John Adams's correspondence ...
... formation of a national character , that broad and solid foundation of national safety , happiness , greatness , and glo- ry , and strenuously recommends an UNION OF THE States . ( c ) See Mr. Jay's and Mr. John Adams's correspondence ...
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... formed the design of revolutionizing England , and if he had not the ar- rogance to suppose he could succeed , he had the turpitude to attempt to carry his project into execution . " During the war , in the latter end of the year 1780 ...
... formed the design of revolutionizing England , and if he had not the ar- rogance to suppose he could succeed , he had the turpitude to attempt to carry his project into execution . " During the war , in the latter end of the year 1780 ...
Página 65
... formed and asserted by Paine , merely to gratify his egotism . No one could mistake the uncouth and ungrammatical writings of the one , for the correct and ele- gant productions of the other . On the 4th of Nov. he as- sisted , on the ...
... formed and asserted by Paine , merely to gratify his egotism . No one could mistake the uncouth and ungrammatical writings of the one , for the correct and ele- gant productions of the other . On the 4th of Nov. he as- sisted , on the ...
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addressed Age of Reason Agrarian Justice America answer army assembly Beaumarchais believe British called Carver character christian Church of England citizens Colonel Laurens committee of claims committee of foreign Common Sense conduct congress constitution convention Crisis Deane Deane's affairs deistical despotism dollars election England executive favour foreign affairs France freedom French French revolution friends GEORGE CLINTON honour independence jacobin Jarvis Jefferson king labours laws legislature letter liberty lived London Madame Bonneville ment minister nature never New-Rochelle New-York observes octavo Oldys opinion paid Paine's pamphlet Paris party Pennsylvania persons Philadelphia Pichegru present president principles printed published religion remarks republic republican Resolved revolution revolutionary Rights Robespierre secretary Silas Deane thing Thomas Addis Emmet Thomas Paine thought tion told tyranny United universal suffrage vernment Washington weeks wish writing wrote
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Página 32 - 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.
Página 32 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?
Página iv - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Página 31 - But if a long train of abuses, prevarications and artifices, all tending the same way, make the design visible to the people...
Página 109 - Voltaire has remarked that King William never appeared to full advantage but in difficulties and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. 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 kinds 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...
Página 30 - Men being, as has been said, by nature all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate, and subjected to the political power of another, without his own consent.
Página 26 - Attached to your majesty's person, family, and government, with all the devotion that principle and affection can inspire, connected with Great Britain by the strongest ties that can unite societies, and deploring every event that tends in any degree to weaken them, we solemnly assure your majesty, that we not only most ardently desire the former harmony between her and these colonies may be restored, bat that a concord may be established between them upon so firm a basis as to perpetuate its blessings,...
Página 181 - The People of the State of New York, by the Grace of God, Free and Independent, to all to whom these presents shall come, or may concern, SEND GREETING : , KNOW YE, That...
Página 109 - And as to you, Sir, treacherous in private friendship (for so you have been to me, and that in the day of danger) and a hypocrite in public life, the world will be puzzled to decide whether you are an apostate or an impostor; whether you have abandoned good principles, or whether you ever had any.
Página 118 - You expressed a wish to get a passage to this Country in a Public Vessel. Mr. Dawson is charged with orders to the Captain of the Maryland to receive and accommodate you back if you can be ready to depart at such a short warning.