Shall a band of ten or twelve thousand robbers, who are this day fifteen hundred or two thousand men less in strength than they were yesterday, conquer America, or subdue even a single state? The thing cannot be, unless we sit down and suffer them to do it.
In this excerpt, Paine uses a rhetorical device to encourage readers to
A.feel anger and contempt for the British troops.
B.fear negative outcomes in future battles.
C.have a higher opinion of the Bri
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