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 Lodge, Henry Cabot

Paine, Thomas, his Common Sense, 156; his Rights of Man, 329, 335.

From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Poole, Reginald Lane

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 Webster, Daniel

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

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

Paine, Thomas, author of "Common Sense" and "The Forester," 167.

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail