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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... matter : the fleets of Great Britain covered the ocean , hav- ing received orders to search for him in all vessels leaving France . He made arrangements for accompanying Mr. Munroe home , which circumstances , fortunately for him ...
... matter : the fleets of Great Britain covered the ocean , hav- ing received orders to search for him in all vessels leaving France . He made arrangements for accompanying Mr. Munroe home , which circumstances , fortunately for him ...
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... matter of right , is an insult and imposition on posterity . For all men being originally equals , no one by birth , could have a right to set up his own family , in perpetual preference to all others for ever , and though himself might ...
... matter of right , is an insult and imposition on posterity . For all men being originally equals , no one by birth , could have a right to set up his own family , in perpetual preference to all others for ever , and though himself might ...
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... matter of claim , but as something casual . or complimental ; but as few or no records were extant in those days , and traditionary history stuffed with fables , it was very easy , after the lapse of a few generations , to trump up some ...
... matter of claim , but as something casual . or complimental ; but as few or no records were extant in those days , and traditionary history stuffed with fables , it was very easy , after the lapse of a few generations , to trump up some ...
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... matter from argument to arms , a new era for politics is struck ; a new method of thinking hath arisen . All plans , proposals , & c . prior to the nineteenth of April , i.e. to the commencement of hostilities , are like the almanacks ...
... matter from argument to arms , a new era for politics is struck ; a new method of thinking hath arisen . All plans , proposals , & c . prior to the nineteenth of April , i.e. to the commencement of hostilities , are like the almanacks ...
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... matters , it is not in the power of Brit- ain to do this continent justice : the business of it will soon be too weighty and intricate to be managed with any tol- erable degree of convenience , by a ... matter unworthy the 40 COMMON SENSE .
... matters , it is not in the power of Brit- ain to do this continent justice : the business of it will soon be too weighty and intricate to be managed with any tol- erable degree of convenience , by a ... matter unworthy the 40 COMMON SENSE .
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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 342 - Nor can any man, who acknowledges the being of a 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 18 - 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 18 - A French bastard landing with an armed banditti, and establishing himself king of England against the consent of the natives, is in plain terms a very paltry rascally original. - It certainly hath no divinity in it.
Página 19 - 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: for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a Government, which we might expect in a country without Government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer.. Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built upon the ruins of the bowers of paradise.
Página 26 - ... 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.
Página 18 - 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.
Página 68 - Almighty will 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...
Página 342 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community...
Página 30 - Britain, and, still hoping for the best, are apt to call out, "Come, come, we shall be friends again, for all this." But examine the passions and feelings of mankind, Bring the doctrine of reconciliation to the touchstone of nature, and then tell me, whether you can hereafter love, honor, and faithfully serve the power that hath carried fire and sword into your land?
Página 24 - An inquiry into the constitutional errors in the English form of government, is at this time highly necessary ; for as we are never in a proper condition of doing justice to others, while we continue under the influence of some leading partiality, so neither are we capable of doing it to ourselves while we remain fettered by any obstinate prejudice.