At a parish meeting held at Winteringham, on January 6, 1685, it was resolved:-"None shall smoke tobacco in the streets upon paine of two shillings for every default."
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews
The reformer, as so often happens, calls himself a restorer; his political bible begins with the great charter and comes down to the settlement of 1688. Meanwhile the true revolutionary movement-represented by paine and Godwin, appeals to the doctrines of natural equality and the rights of man.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen
With the Religious Tract Society, Voltaire and paine were Atheists.
"Theological Essays"
Charles Bradlaugh