 The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, "'tis time to part. Even the distance at which the Almighty hath placed England and America, is a strong and natural proof, that the authority of the one over the other, was never the design of...  The Scots Magazine - Page 3551776Full view - About this book
 | Liah Greenfeld - History - 1992 - 600 pages
...Providence itself. "Even the distance at which the Almighty hath placed England and America" proved that "the authority of the one over the other, was never the design of heaven." Independence thus was a result of several factors. By far the most important was... | |
 | Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R. K. Patell - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 846 pages
...which the Almighty hath placed England and America." Paine, who has lived in both worlds, can insist that "the authority of the one, over the other, was never the design of Heaven." To the contrary, separation and a hatred of things English is part of God's plan.... | |
 | Thomas Paine - History - 1995 - 944 pages
...TIME TO PART. Even the distance at which the Almighty hath placed England and America, is a strong and natural proof, that the authority of the one, over the other, was never the design of Heaven. The time likewise at which the continent was discovered, adds weight to the argument,... | |
 | A. Robert Lee, W. M. Verhoeven - American literature - 1996 - 376 pages
...Paine writes: "Even the distance at which the Almighty hath placed England and America is a strong and natural proof that the authority of the one over the other, was never the design of heaven" (CW, 21). Although not as explicit in its invocation of divine will as earlier Puritan... | |
 | Elizabeth Barnes - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 176 pages
...simple geography: "Even the distance at which the Almighty hath placed England and America, is a strong and natural proof, that the authority of the one, over the other, was never the design of Heaven" (83). The physical distance between the two continents allows Paine to articulate... | |
 | Garry J. Moes - English language - 1998 - 340 pages
...Ends and Means . . .The distance at which the Almighty hath placed England and America is a strong and natural proof that the authority of the one over the other was never the design of Heaven. The time likewise at which the Continent was discovered adds weight to the argument,... | |
 | William G. Shade - History - 1998 - 314 pages
...Sense, observing that "the distance at which the Almighty hath placed England and America is a strong and natural proof that the authority of the one over the other, was never the design of heaven" (I, 21). He considered it absurd as well as inefficient for a continent "to be perpetually... | |
 | Gerard Toal, Gearóid Ó Tuathail, Simon Dalby, Paul Routledge - Architecture - 1998 - 342 pages
...the other, was never the design of Heaven. The time likewise at which the continent was discovered, adds weight to the argument, and the manner in which it was peopled increases the force of it. The reformation was preceded by the discovery of America, as if the Almighty... | |
 | Thomas Paine - History - 2000 - 388 pages
...'TIS TIME TO PART. Even the distance at which the Almighty hath placed England and America is a strong and natural proof that the authority of the one over the other, was never the design of heaven. The time likewise at which the continent was discovered, adds weight to the argument,... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...'TIS TIME TO PART. Even the distance at which the Almighty hath placed England and America is a strong and natural proof that the authority of the one over the other, was never the design of heaven. . . . It is the good fortune of many to live distant from the scene of present sorrow;... | |
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