His infidel and revolutionary principles were opposed by the powerful and eloquent Burke, who, with other noble-minded coadjutors, crushed the revolution in that country, and sentenced Paine as an outlaw.

To promote the " revolution of the world,"'^ he published his "Age of Reason," well entitled a complete piece of ribaldry.

» Tho " Revolution of the World'' was a toeiat given by Paine at a public meeting in London.

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As a companion of the blood thirsty Robespierre, we find him next sitting on the trial of the innocent Louis.

He was subsequently confined in the dungeons of Paris, where he had a narrow escape of his life.*

In 1796 he published his letter to General Washington, wliich contained a causeless, ungrateful, virulent and useless attack on one of the best of men.

Shortly after this, he was expelled from the society of his fellow infidels, and a second time committed to prison. He now deemed it expedient to fly to America, taking under his charge a lady named Madame Bonneville, and her three sons. Soon after his arrival in New York, we find him in possession of the farm at New Rochelle, A portion of the house in which he lived (at this period) is still standing: here he had a small room, the furniture of which embraced a miserable straw bed, deal table, a chair, bible, and jug of spirituous liquors. His breakfast table is thus described by an eye witness (Mr. Carver) : "The tablecloth was composed of newspapers ! on it was a tea-pot, some coarse