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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... enemies on our account , but from her enemies on her own account , from those who had no quarrel with us on any other account , and who will always be our enemies on the same account . Let Britain waive her pretensions to the continent ...
... enemies on our account , but from her enemies on her own account , from those who had no quarrel with us on any other account , and who will always be our enemies on the same account . Let Britain waive her pretensions to the continent ...
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... enemy , extinguishes every other name and title : and to say that reconciliation is our duty , is truly farcical . The first king of England , of the present line ( William the Con- queror ) was a Frenchman , and half the peers of ...
... enemy , extinguishes every other name and title : and to say that reconciliation is our duty , is truly farcical . The first king of England , of the present line ( William the Con- queror ) was a Frenchman , and half the peers of ...
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... enemy to liberty , and discovered such a thirst for arbitrary power ; is he , or is he not , a proper person to say to these colonies , " you shall make no laws but what I please ! " nd is there any inhabitant of America so ignorant as ...
... enemy to liberty , and discovered such a thirst for arbitrary power ; is he , or is he not , a proper person to say to these colonies , " you shall make no laws but what I please ! " nd is there any inhabitant of America so ignorant as ...
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... enemy which this continent hath , or can have , shall tell us " there shall be no laws but such as I like . ” But ... enemies to friends by the alteration of a name and in order to show that reconciliation now is a dangerous doctrine , I ...
... enemy which this continent hath , or can have , shall tell us " there shall be no laws but such as I like . ” But ... enemies to friends by the alteration of a name and in order to show that reconciliation now is a dangerous doctrine , I ...
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... enemy . In almost every article of defence we abound . Hemp flourishes even to rankness , so that we need not want cord- age . Our iron is superior to that of other countries . Our small arms equal to any in the world . Cannon we can ...
... enemy . In almost every article of defence we abound . Hemp flourishes even to rankness , so that we need not want cord- age . Our iron is superior to that of other countries . Our small arms equal to any in the world . Cannon we can ...
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The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: Secretary to the Committee ..., Volume 1 Thomas Paine Visualização integral - 1824 |
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Página 65 - 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 28 - 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.
Página 27 - 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.
Página 26 - 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.
Página 39 - 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 over-run 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.
Página 33 - The sun never shined on a cause of greater worth. Tis not the affair of a city, a county, a province, or a kingdom, but of a continent — of at least one eighth part of the habitable globe. 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.
Página 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.
Página 302 - 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...
Página 33 - For never can true reconcilement grow Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep...
Página 28 - And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not : for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.