"It has apparently burst forth like a creation from a chaos, but it is no more than the consequence of a mental revolution priorily existing in France."
The Rights of Man: Being an answer to Mr. Burke's attack on the French revolution.
At least 45 entries in the ESTC (1791, 1792, 1793, 1795).<br>
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See <u>The Thomas Paine Reader</u>, ed. Michael Foot and Isaac Kramnick (New York: Penguin Books, 1987). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW106092551&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to 1791 edition in ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=hghCAAAAcAAJ">Link to 7th edition in Google Books</a>&gt;