The Life of Thomas Paine: With a History of His Literary, Political, and Religious Career in America, France, and England - Vol. 1

Table of contents

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• Title Page i
• Preface v
• Contents of Volume I xix
• The Life of Thomas Paine 1
• Chapter II - Early Struggles 14
• Chapter III - Domestic Trouble 31
• Chapter IV - The New World 40
• Chapter V - Liberty and Equality 49
• Chapter VI - Common Sense 61
• Chapter VII - Under the Banner of Independence 78
• Chapter VIII - Soldier and Secretary 90
• Chapter IX - French Aid, and the Paine-Deane Controversy 116
• Chapter X - A Story by Gouverneur Morris 138
• Chapter XI - Cause, Country, Self 145
• Chapter XII - A Journey to France 167
• Chapter XIII - The Muzzled Ox Treading out the Grain 177

• Title Page i
• Preface v
• Contents of Volume I xix
• The Life of Thomas Paine 1
• Chapter II - Early Struggles 14
• Chapter III - Domestic Trouble 31
• Chapter IV - The New World 40
• Chapter V - Liberty and Equality 49
• Chapter VI - Common Sense 61
• Chapter VII - Under the Banner of Independence 78
• Chapter VIII - Soldier and Secretary 90
• Chapter IX - French Aid, and the Paine-Deane Controversy 116
• Chapter X - A Story by Gouverneur Morris 138
• Chapter XI - Cause, Country, Self 145
• Chapter XII - A Journey to France 167
• Chapter XIII - The Muzzled Ox Treading out the Grain 177
• Chapter XIV - Great Washington and Poor Paine 197
• Chapter XV - Pontifical and Political Inventions 212
• Chapter XVI - Returning to the Old Home 227
• Chapter XVII - A British Lion with an American Heart 239
• Chapter XVIII - Paine's Letters to Jefferson in Paris 252
• Chapter XIX - The Key of the Bastille 268
• Chapter XX - The Rights of Man. 278
• Chapter XXI - Founding the European Republic 304
• Chapter XXII - The Right of Evolution 328
• Chapter XXIII - The Deputy for Calais in the Convention 347
• Chapter XXIV - Outlawed in England 366