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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... remains of two ancient tyrannies , compounded with some new republican materials . 1st , The remains of monarchical tyranny in the person of the king . 2d , The remains of aristocratical tyranny in the persons of the peers . 3d , The ...
... remains of two ancient tyrannies , compounded with some new republican materials . 1st , The remains of monarchical tyranny in the person of the king . 2d , The remains of aristocratical tyranny in the persons of the peers . 3d , The ...
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... remains to know which power in the constitution has the most weight , for that will govern ; and though the others , or a part of them , may clog , or as the phrase is , check the rapidity of its motion , yet so long as they cannot stop ...
... remains to know which power in the constitution has the most weight , for that will govern ; and though the others , or a part of them , may clog , or as the phrase is , check the rapidity of its motion , yet so long as they cannot stop ...
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... remains of kindred between us and them ; and can there be any reason to hope , that as the relationship expires , the affection will in- crease , or that we shall agree better , when we have ten times more and greater concerns to ...
... remains of kindred between us and them ; and can there be any reason to hope , that as the relationship expires , the affection will in- crease , or that we shall agree better , when we have ten times more and greater concerns to ...
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... Remains for guns , 233,214 Total , 3,500,000 % . No country on the globe is so happily situated , or so in- ternally capable of raising a fleet as America . Tar , tim- ber , iron , and cordage are her natural produce . We need go abroad ...
... Remains for guns , 233,214 Total , 3,500,000 % . No country on the globe is so happily situated , or so in- ternally capable of raising a fleet as America . Tar , tim- ber , iron , and cordage are her natural produce . We need go abroad ...
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... remains , and a proper increase of the latter is obtained : and that point of time is the pres- ent time . The reader will pardon this digression , as it does not properly come under the head I first set out with , and to which I again ...
... remains , and a proper increase of the latter is obtained : and that point of time is the pres- ent time . The reader will pardon this digression , as it does not properly come under the head I first set out with , and to which I again ...
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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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abbe advantage Ameri America appear arms army assembly bank become Britain British British parliament called cause character charter circumstances civil list colonies commerce committee COMMON SENSE congress conquer conquest consequence continent court Crisis crown debt declaration dependant duty endeavor enemy England equal Europe expense folly former fort Lee France give hath Hessians honor hundred idea independence interest John Pemberton justice king king of England land laws likewise London company lord lord Shelburne mankind manner matter means ment millions mind ministry nation nature never New-York object ourselves paper money parliament peace Pennsylvania persons Philadelphia politics pounds pounds sterling present principles produced Quakers quit-rents reason revolution ruin Spain sterling suffer suppose taxes thing THOMAS PAINE thousand tion tories trade treaty United Virginia Wherefore whigs whole wish
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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.