Paine, Thomas

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1. A patriot and author in the Revolutionary War, whose pamphlets, such as Common Sense and the American Crisis series, urged American independence. He took part in the French Revolution and wrote The Rights of Man to defend it against the criticisms of Edmund Burke. Paine also wrote The Age of Reason, upholding deism.

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Paine, Thomas

Paine, Thomas; biographical note on, IX, 94; in favor of the separation of the colonies from Great Britain, 94.Parkman,

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Henry Cabot Lodge

Paine, Thomas, on financial condition of England, ii.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane

Paine, Thomas, extract from his "Age of Reason," 514.

From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Daniel Webster

P. Paine, Thomas, caricatured by Gillray, 154; in a caricature, 297.

From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by James Parton

Paine, Thomas, his “Age of Reason” moves Henry to write a reply, 374.

From Patrick Henry by Moses Coit Tyler

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