The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: To which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life, Том 2G. H. Evans, 1835 |
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... Liberty of the press . 460 463 The emissary Cullen , otherwise Carpenter- Communication on Cullen • Federalists beginning to reform To a friend of peace Notifications respecting the impostor Cullen , alias M'Cullen , alias Carpenter ...
... Liberty of the press . 460 463 The emissary Cullen , otherwise Carpenter- Communication on Cullen • Federalists beginning to reform To a friend of peace Notifications respecting the impostor Cullen , alias M'Cullen , alias Carpenter ...
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... liberty , it is sufficient that she knows it ; and to be free , it is sufficient that she wills it . " How dry , barren and obscure , is the source from which Mr. Burke la- bours ; and how ineffectual , though embellished with flowers ...
... liberty , it is sufficient that she knows it ; and to be free , it is sufficient that she wills it . " How dry , barren and obscure , is the source from which Mr. Burke la- bours ; and how ineffectual , though embellished with flowers ...
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... Liberty , serve as a lesson to the oppressor , and an example to the oppressed ! " When this ad- dress came to the hands of Dr. Franklin , who was then in France , he applied to count Vergennes to have it inserted in the French gazette ...
... Liberty , serve as a lesson to the oppressor , and an example to the oppressed ! " When this ad- dress came to the hands of Dr. Franklin , who was then in France , he applied to count Vergennes to have it inserted in the French gazette ...
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... liberty was capable of such inspiration , or that a body of unarmed citizens would dare to face the military force of thirty thousand men . Every moment of this day was employed in collecting arms , concerting plans , and arranging ...
... liberty was capable of such inspiration , or that a body of unarmed citizens would dare to face the military force of thirty thousand men . Every moment of this day was employed in collecting arms , concerting plans , and arranging ...
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... liberty could inspire , and carried in the space of a few hours , is an event which the world is fully possessed of . I am not undertaking a detail of the attack , but bringing into view the conspiracy against the nation which provoked ...
... liberty could inspire , and carried in the space of a few hours , is an event which the world is fully possessed of . I am not undertaking a detail of the attack , but bringing into view the conspiracy against the nation which provoked ...
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