To CATO from the Pennsylvania Evening Post, April 30, 1776 WHEREAS Cato, in his eighth letter, and some of his partizans since, have made free with the Forester as having neither “character nor connexion.” To which I answer, first, “better to have none than bad ones.” Secondly, that the person supposed by some, and known […]
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Forester Letter I from the Pennsylvania Journal April 3, 1776. To CATO TO be nobly wrong is more manly than to be meanly right. Only let the error be disinterested — let it wear not the mask, but the mark of principle, and ’tis pardonable. It is on this large and liberal ground, that we
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EPISTLE TO THE QUAKERS, from Bradford’s 3rd edition of Common Sense To the Representatives of the Religious Society of the People called Quakers, or to so many of them as were concerned in publishing the late piece, entitled “THE ANCIENT TESTIMONY AND PRINCIPLES of the People called QUAKERS renewed, with Respect to the KING AND
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THE BRADFORD EDITION, February 14, 1776 Man knows no Master save creating Heaven Or those whom choice and common good ordain. – Thomson. INTRODUCTION Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial
Foner introduction: This stirring song was printed in the Pennsylvania Evening Post of September 16, 1775. The last stanza was a definite forecast of Common Sense inasmuch as it openly blamed the king as well as Parliament for the oppressive measures imposed upon the American people. Printed in the Pennsylvania Magazine, July, 1775. A SONG,
Philip Foner’s introduction: These lines were written to be recited before the Headstrong Club of Lewes, England. They were first published in the Pennsylvania Magazine of July, 1775, and were preceded by a foreword in which Paine stated: “The following story, ridiculous as it is, is a fact. A farmer at New Shoreham, near Brighthelmstone,
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From the American Philosophical Society original letter: Honored Sir I am just now informed by Mr. Bache of a Vessel preparing to Sail for London tomorrow, and lest, I should not have another opportunity so soon as I might wish, I have taken this, to acquaint you as laconically as I can of the Service
To Honorable Benjamin Franklin Esqr. March 4th, 1775 Read Post »
AN ACCOUNT OF THE BURNING OF BACHELORS’ HALL AT PHILADELPHIA, BEING DESTROYED BY LIGHTNING, 1775 BY THE OLD BACHELOR FAIR Venus so often was miss’d from the skies, And Bacchus as frequently absent likewise, That the Synod began to enquire out the reason, Suspecting the culprits were plotting of Treason. At length it was found
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IN a mouldering cave where the wretched retreat, Britannia sat wasted with care; She mourned for her Wolfe, and exclaim’d against fate And gave herself up to despair. The walls of her cell she had sculptured around With the feats of her favorite son; And even the dust, as it lay on the ground, Was
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This essay was the first which Paine wrote for the Pennsylvania Magazine and appeared in the January 24, 1775 issue.] In a country whose reigning character is the love of science, it is somewhat strange that the channels of communication should continue so narrow and limited. The weekly papers are at present the only vehicles
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Enter CRITIC and SNOW DROP.* CRITIC. PROLOGUES to magazines!-the man is mad, No magazine a prologue ever had; But let us hear what new and mighty things Your wonder working magic fancy brings. SNOW DROP. Bit by the muse in an unlucky hour, I’ve left myself at home, and turn’d a flower, And thus disguised
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To Oliver Goldsmith December 21, 1772 Broad Street, EXCISE COFFEE HOUSE, HONORED SIR: Herewith I present you with the Case of the Officers of Excise. A compliment of this kind from an entire stranger may appear somewhat singular, but the following reasons and information will, I presume, sufficiently apologize. I act myself in the humble
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