The Paine Festival: Celebration of the 119th Anniversary of the Birth-day of Thomas Paine at Cincinnati, Jan. 29, 1856 |
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... of the American Revolution by THOMAS PAINE , continue its onward march , until it shall arrive at a fixed and eternal meridian ! MUSIC . - NATIONAL AIRS , BY THE BAND . ORATΙΟΝ . BY T. L. NICHOLS , M.D. MR . vi THE PAINE FESTIVAL .
... of the American Revolution by THOMAS PAINE , continue its onward march , until it shall arrive at a fixed and eternal meridian ! MUSIC . - NATIONAL AIRS , BY THE BAND . ORATΙΟΝ . BY T. L. NICHOLS , M.D. MR . vi THE PAINE FESTIVAL .
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... the great unappreciated heroes of humanity . I congratulate the Great West upon the spirit of freedom that breathes over her prairies , and flows onward with her rivers . I congratulate the country that embosoms this glorious 7.
... the great unappreciated heroes of humanity . I congratulate the Great West upon the spirit of freedom that breathes over her prairies , and flows onward with her rivers . I congratulate the country that embosoms this glorious 7.
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... onward ; those who wavered were made firm , and thousands were converted . " Сом- MON SENSE " was the knell of European despotism , and the tocsin of American liberty . Paine did not only write for freedom , but volunteered as a soldier ...
... onward ; those who wavered were made firm , and thousands were converted . " Сом- MON SENSE " was the knell of European despotism , and the tocsin of American liberty . Paine did not only write for freedom , but volunteered as a soldier ...
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... onward ; those who wavered were made firm , and thousands were converted . " COM- MON SENSE " was the knell of European despotism , and the tocsin of American liberty . this personal testimony to the became the guest of principal ...
... onward ; those who wavered were made firm , and thousands were converted . " COM- MON SENSE " was the knell of European despotism , and the tocsin of American liberty . this personal testimony to the became the guest of principal ...
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... of the American Revolution by THOMAS PAINE , continue its onward march , until it shall arrive at a fixed and eternal meridian ! MUSIC . - NATIONAL AIRS , BY THE BAND . ORATΙΟΝ . BY T. L. NICHOLS , M.D. MR . vi THE PAINE FESTIVAL .
... of the American Revolution by THOMAS PAINE , continue its onward march , until it shall arrive at a fixed and eternal meridian ! MUSIC . - NATIONAL AIRS , BY THE BAND . ORATΙΟΝ . BY T. L. NICHOLS , M.D. MR . vi THE PAINE FESTIVAL .
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