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" He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying bird. "
The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: Secretary to the Committee of ... - Page 55
by Thomas Paine - 1824
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Memoirs of the Life of Thomas Paine: With Observations on His Writings ...

W. T. Sherwin - 1819 - 602 pages
...imagination. He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying bird. Accustomed to kiss the aristocratic hand that hath purloined him from himself, he degenerates...nature forsakes him. His hero or his heroine must be a tragedy victim expiring in show, and not the real prisoner of misery sliding into death in the silence...
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MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THOMAS PAINE

W. T. Sherwin - 1819 - 306 pages
...than he is to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the shewy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities...but forgets the dying bird .'^Accustomed to kiss the aristocratic hand that hath purloined him from himself, he degenerates into a composition of art, and...
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1. Common sense, addressed to the inhabitants of America

Thomas Paine - 1819 - 726 pages
...affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking bis imagination. He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying bird. Accustomed to kiss the aristocratic hand that hath purloined him from himself, he degenerates into a composition of art, and...
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The Political Works of Thomas Paine: Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the ...

Thomas Paine - 1826 - 470 pages
...employing his talents to corrupt himself. Nature has been kinder to Mr. Burke than he has to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching...genuine soul of nature forsakes him. His hero or his heroime must be a tragedy rictim, expiring, in show, and not, the real prisoner of misery, sliding...
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The political works of Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine - 1826 - 482 pages
...employing his talents to corrupt himself. Nature has been kinder to Mr. Burke than he has to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching...genuine soul of nature forsakes him. His hero or his heroime must be a tragedy victim, expiring, in show, and not the real prisoner of misery, sliiling...
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An exposition of the mysteries or religious dogmas and customs of the ...

John Fellows - 1835 - 482 pages
...kinder to Mr. Burke than he has been to her. He is, not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking...nature forsakes him. His hero or his heroine must be a tra" gidy-vietem, expiring in show, and not the real prisoner of misery, sliding into death in the...
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An Exposition of the Mysteries; Or, Religious Dogmas and Customs of the ...

John Fellows - 1835 - 432 pages
...affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking hi* imagination. He pities the plumage, but forgets the...nature forsakes him. His hero or his heroine must be a tragidy-vietem, expiring in show, and not the real prisoner of misery, sliding into death in the silence...
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An Exposition of the Mysteries; Or, Religious Dogmas and Customs of the ...

John Fellows - 1835 - 430 pages
...kinder to Mr. Burke than he has been to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking...Accustomed to kiss the aristocratical hand that hath pnrloined him from himself, he degenerates into a composition of art, and the genuine soul of nature...
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The Life of Thomas Paine, Author of "Common Sense", "Rights of Man", "Age of ...

Gilbert Vale - 1841 - 242 pages
...been kinder to Mr. Burke than he is to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking...but forgets the dying bird. Accustomed to kiss the aristocratic hand that hath purloined him from himself, he degenerates into a composition of art, and...
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The French Revolution, Volumes 1-2

Charles MacFarlane - 1844 - 684 pages
...been kinder to Mr. Burke than he is to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking...Accustomed to kiss the aristocratical hand that hath purHoned him from himself, he degenerates into a composition of art, and the genuine soul of nature...
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