On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
Like Pharaoh on the edge of the Red Sea, he sees not the plunge he is making, and precipitately drives across the flood that is closing over his head.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “Like Pharaoh on the edge of the Red Sea, he sees not the plunge he is making, and precipitately drives across the flood…”
Editor's note · Context
Paine employs a biblical analogy to depict the King of England's blindness to his own impending downfall, likening him to Pharaoh at the Red Sea.
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