The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: To which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life, Том 2G. H. Evans, 1837 |
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... twenty - four millions , is more than double that of Great Bri- tain and Ireland ; besides which France recruits ... twenty - four millions sterling . The revenues of England fifteen millions and an half . The taxes per head in France ...
... twenty - four millions , is more than double that of Great Bri- tain and Ireland ; besides which France recruits ... twenty - four millions sterling . The revenues of England fifteen millions and an half . The taxes per head in France ...
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... twenty millions : and those who are most conversant with money transactions , believe it to be considerably below that sum . Yet this is no more money than what the nation possessed twenty years ago , and therefore , whatever her trade ...
... twenty millions : and those who are most conversant with money transactions , believe it to be considerably below that sum . Yet this is no more money than what the nation possessed twenty years ago , and therefore , whatever her trade ...
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... twenty years . * This has spread itself over Europe and increased the quantity in all the countries on the continent ; yet twenty years ago there was as much gold and silver in England as there is at this time . The value of the silver ...
... twenty years . * This has spread itself over Europe and increased the quantity in all the countries on the continent ; yet twenty years ago there was as much gold and silver in England as there is at this time . The value of the silver ...
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... twenty - four skeins , each skein contain- ing five hundred and sixty yards . This , according to the term of the trade , was giving a shilling for a shilling . A good hand would spin twelve skeins , which was six pence a day ...
... twenty - four skeins , each skein contain- ing five hundred and sixty yards . This , according to the term of the trade , was giving a shilling for a shilling . A good hand would spin twelve skeins , which was six pence a day ...
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... twenty millions sterling , and the quantity of paper grafted thereon , immense . The quantity of gold and silver in France is ninety millions sterling , and the quantity of paper grafted thereon , trifling . France , therefore , has ...
... twenty millions sterling , and the quantity of paper grafted thereon , immense . The quantity of gold and silver in France is ninety millions sterling , and the quantity of paper grafted thereon , trifling . France , therefore , has ...
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Страница 33 - Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone.
Страница 33 - It is painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himself. Nature has been kinder to Mr. Burke than he is to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying bird.
Страница 181 - They are, under the point of view of religion and philosophy, wholly rotten, and from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head there is no soundness in them.
Страница 69 - The unrestrained communication of thoughts and opinions being one of the most precious Rights of Man, every citizen may speak, write, and publish freely, provided he is responsible for the abuse of this liberty, in cases determined by the law.
Страница 98 - ... cause why it should be repealed, or why another ought to be substituted in its place. I have always held it an opinion (making it also my practice) that it is better to obey a bad law, making use at the same time of every argument to show its errors and procure its repeal, than forcibly to violate it; because the precedent of breaking a bad law might weaken the force, and lead to a discretionary violation, of those which are good.
Страница 49 - ... other's religion, there is no such thing as a religion that is right ; and therefore all the world is right, or all the world is wrong. But with respect to religion itself, without regard to names, and as directing itself from the universal family of mankind to the divine object of all adoration, it is man bringing to his Maker the fruits of his heart; and though these fruits may differ from each other like the fruits of the earth, the grateful tribute of every one is accepted.
Страница 71 - No experience has taught us, (meaning the English), that in any other course or method than that of an hereditary crown, can our liberties be regularly perpetuated and preserved sacred as our hereditary right.
Страница 106 - Formal government makes but a small part of civilized life; and when even the best that human wisdom can devise is established, it is a thing more in name and idea, than in fact. It is to the great and fundamental principles of society and...
Страница 266 - ... circulates exchequer bills, and it advances to government the annual amount of the land and malt taxes, which are frequently not paid up till some years thereafter.