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Dissertation on the first principles of government

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R. Carlile, 1819 - Political science

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INTRODUCTION	15

Of the Origin of the present Old Governments	24

CHAP IV	39

Ways and Means of reforming the political Condition	62

APPENDIX	121

Letter addressed to the Addressers	1

Dissertation on the First Principles of Government	1

Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance	1

Speech on the Constitution	110

To the People of France and the French Armies	116

To the Council of Five Hundred	123

To Thomas Clio Rickman	131

Address from Bordentown	139

To the English People on the Invasion of England	146

To a Friend	154

To a Friend	160

Letter to George Washington	4

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND ESSAYL	4

Petition to the Board of Excise	16

A Mathematical Question proposed	22

New Anecdotes of Alexander the Great	32

Cupid and Hymen	40

To the Authors of the Republican	52

Address and Declaration	58

To Mr Secretary Dundas Letter the First	64

To Lord Onslow Letter First and Second	84

To Mr Secretary Dundas Letter the Second	94

On the Propriety of bringing Louis XVI to Trial	100

Reasons for preserving the Life of Louis Capet	104

To a Gentleman at New York	176

On Louisiana and Emissaries	186

The Emissary Cullen otherwise Carpenter	193

To a Friend to Peace	199

Notifications respecting the Imposter Cullen	205

Of Gunboats	215

Of the comparative powers and expence of Ships of War Gunboats	221

On the Emissary Cullen	232

To Morgan Lewis Letter 1st 2nd and	240

Royal Pedigree	246

Cheetham and his Tory Paper	252

To the Speaker of the House of Representatives	261

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Title	Dissertation on the first principles of government Volume 2 of The political and miscellaneous works of Thomas Paine, Thomas Paine
Author	Thomas Paine
Publisher	R. Carlile, 1819
Original from	Oxford University
Digitized	7 May 2009

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