Paine (Thomas).- Rights of Man.- The trial of Thomas Paine, for certain false, wicked, scandalous and seditious libels inserted in the second part of the rights of man, Before the Right Hon. Lord Kenyon and a special jury, at Guildhall, on Tuesday the 18th December, 1792, marginal library ink stamps, occasional spotting, library wrappers, 8vo, Printed for W. Richardson, Royal-Exchange; J. Parsons, C. Stalker, Paternoster-Row; Mrs. Harlow, Pall-Mall; and William Lane Leadenhall-Street, 1792. ⁂ A rare early account of the trial of Paine for 'seditious libels' in his second part of the Rights of Man. The government of William Pitt concerned that the French Revolution might spread to England, had begun to suppress works that espoused radical philosophies. Paine was found guilty.
Paine (Thomas).- Rights of Man.- The trial of Thomas Paine, for certain false, wicked, scandalous and seditious libels inserted in the second part of the rights of man, Before the Right Hon. Lord Kenyon and a special jury, at Guildhall, on Tuesday the 18th December, 1792, marginal library ink stamps, occasional spotting, library wrappers, 8vo, Printed for W. Richardson, Royal-Exchange; J. Parsons, C. Stalker, Paternoster-Row; Mrs. Harlow, Pall-Mall; and William Lane Leadenhall-Street, 1792. ⁂ A rare early account of the trial of Paine for 'seditious libels' in his second part of the Rights of Man. The government of William Pitt concerned that the French Revolution might spread to England, had begun to suppress works that espoused radical philosophies. Paine was found guilty.
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