The Life and Writings of Thomas Paine: Containing a Biography, Том 5V. Parke, 1908 |
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... poor , a great portion of those earnings which should be applied to their own subsistence and comfort . Apart from all reflections of morality and philosophy it is a melancholy fact , that more than one - fourth of the labor of mankind ...
... poor , a great portion of those earnings which should be applied to their own subsistence and comfort . Apart from all reflections of morality and philosophy it is a melancholy fact , that more than one - fourth of the labor of mankind ...
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... poor , she cannot be rich ; and her condition , be it what it may , is an index of the height of the commercial tide in other nations . That the principles of commerce , and its uni- versal operation may be understood without ...
... poor , she cannot be rich ; and her condition , be it what it may , is an index of the height of the commercial tide in other nations . That the principles of commerce , and its uni- versal operation may be understood without ...
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... , the resources of a country are lavished upon kings , upon courts , upon hirelings , impostors , and prostitutes ; and even the poor themselves , with all their wants upon them , are compelled to 15 WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE.
... , the resources of a country are lavished upon kings , upon courts , upon hirelings , impostors , and prostitutes ; and even the poor themselves , with all their wants upon them , are compelled to 15 WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE.
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... poor ? The fact is a proof , among other things , of a wretchedness in their condition . Bred up without morals , and cast upon the world without a prospect , they are the exposed sacri- fice of vice and legal barbarity . The millions ...
... poor ? The fact is a proof , among other things , of a wretchedness in their condition . Bred up without morals , and cast upon the world without a prospect , they are the exposed sacri- fice of vice and legal barbarity . The millions ...
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... poor , and in the amount of the poor - rates . Yet here again the burden does not fall in equal proportions on the aristocracy with the rest of the community . Their residences , whether in * See Sir John Sinclair's " History of the ...
... poor , and in the amount of the poor - rates . Yet here again the burden does not fall in equal proportions on the aristocracy with the rest of the community . Their residences , whether in * See Sir John Sinclair's " History of the ...
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