The Life and Writings of Thomas Paine: Containing a Biography, Том 5Vincent Parke, 1908 "Of this special de luxe Independence edition of the centenary issue of the writings of Thomas Paine there have been printed five hundred numbered copies." This set not numbered. v. 1. Life and appreciations.--v. 2. Common sense; Miscellany.--v. 3. The crisis.--v. 4. The rights of man. v. 1-v. 5. The rights of man. v. 2; Miscellany.--v. 6 the age of reason. v. 1.--v. 7. The age of reason. v. 2; Miscellany.--v. 8-9. Essays, letters, addresses.--v. 10. Essays, letters, poems. |
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... land , are to him fact , however , is as I have stated it , for the despatches came into my hands , and I read them . The capture , as I was informed , succeeded by the following stratagem : -The captain of the privateer Madame , who ...
... land , are to him fact , however , is as I have stated it , for the despatches came into my hands , and I read them . The capture , as I was informed , succeeded by the following stratagem : -The captain of the privateer Madame , who ...
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... land itself has no value ) , every thing which operates to prevent it , must lessen the value of property ; and as corporations have not only this tendency , but directly this effect , they cannot but be in- jurious . If any policy were ...
... land itself has no value ) , every thing which operates to prevent it , must lessen the value of property ; and as corporations have not only this tendency , but directly this effect , they cannot but be in- jurious . If any policy were ...
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... land and articles of consumption , the land bearing rather the largest share ; but since that era , nearly thirteen millions annually of new taxes have been thrown upon consumption . The consequence of which has been a constant in ...
... land and articles of consumption , the land bearing rather the largest share ; but since that era , nearly thirteen millions annually of new taxes have been thrown upon consumption . The consequence of which has been a constant in ...
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... land - tax , being in the year 1788 , ( and it is not less now ) , £ 1,666,152 , and with its propor- tion of the taxes on malt and hops , it exceeds it . That a single article thus partially consumed , and that chiefly by the working ...
... land - tax , being in the year 1788 , ( and it is not less now ) , £ 1,666,152 , and with its propor- tion of the taxes on malt and hops , it exceeds it . That a single article thus partially consumed , and that chiefly by the working ...
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... mean a combination of aristocratical land - holders , opposing their own pecuniary interest to that of the farmer , and every branch of trade , commerce , and manu- facture . In all other respects , it is the 28 WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE.
... mean a combination of aristocratical land - holders , opposing their own pecuniary interest to that of the farmer , and every branch of trade , commerce , and manu- facture . In all other respects , it is the 28 WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE.
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