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Produced by Steve Schulze, Debra Storr and PG Distributed Proofreaders. Page scans generously made available by the CWRU Preservation Department Digital Library. The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women. The English Scholar’s Library etc. No. 2. The First Blast of the Trumpet, &c. 1558. Edited by EDWARD ARBER, F.S.A., etc.,

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Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Produced by Norman M. Wolcott. ———————————————————————– THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE COLLECTED AND EDITED BY MONCURE DANIEL CONWAY VOLUME I. 1774 – 1779 ——————————————————————– XV. COMMON SENSE Table of Contents INTRODUCTION I. OF THE ORIGIN AND DESIGN OF GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL, WITH CONCISE REMARKS ON THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION II. OF MONARCHY AND HEREDITARY SUCCESSION III.

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Mr. Paine’s footnotes are contained within brackets within the text. As this is my first attempt at Etext transcription, I welcome all comments and suggestions – I trust there shall be many! I had an especially difficult time keeping margins even as the word processor I started with could not handle such a large file

An Essay Upon Projects by Daniel Defoe

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A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

A Modest Proposal for preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick. by Dr. Jonathan Swift. 1729 It is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town, or travel in the country, when they see