The Life of Thomas Pain: The Author of Rights of Men; With a Defence of His Writings (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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The borough of Thetford, in the county of Norfolk, has in the fame manner become dignified by the birth of Pain as the Rubicon was ennobled by the paffage of Caefar. At Thetford he was born on the 29th of January, 1736-7. His father was Jofeph Pain, the fon of a fmall but reputable farmer, a flay-maker by trade, and a Quaker in religion: His mother was Frances Cooke, the daughter of an attorney at Thetford, and of the efiablifl'ied church.
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