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" ... and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that... "
Cobbett's Weekly Political Register - Page 545
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A Short History of the American Revolution

James L. Stokesbury - History - 1993 - 308 pages
...woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered. . . . Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. . . . The heart that feels not now, is dead; the blood...
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Is America Committing Suicide?

Austin L. Sorenson - History - 1994 - 268 pages
...we esteem too lightly; 'tis dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as 'freedom' should not be highly rated." Our generation needs to prove that we are worthy...
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Thomas Paine: Collected Writings (LOA #76): Common Sense / The American ...

Thomas Paine - History - 1995 - 944 pages
...conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: — 'Tis dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven...and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared,...
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The English Literatures of America, 1500-1800

Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - History - 1997 - 1146 pages
...conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: — 'Tis dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven...and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared,...
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Our Sacred Honor: Words of Advice from the Founders in Stories, Letters ...

William John Bennett - American letters - 1997 - 440 pages
...we esteem too lightly: 'tis dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared...
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Dispatches from the Front: A History of the American War Correspondent

Nathaniel Lande - War - 1998 - 434 pages
...esteem too lightly: — 'Tis dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Literature

Laurie E. Rozakis - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 500 pages
...we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared...
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Political Writings

Thomas Paine - Political science - 2000 - 388 pages
...we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared...
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The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation

Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...we esteem too lightly; 'tis dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared...
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Fostoria, Ohio, Volume 1

History - 2001 - 134 pages
...esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a price upon its goods, and it would be strange indeed if so celestrial an article as freedom should not be highly rated. Thomas Payne For the support of this declaration...
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