Excerpt from The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether Edgar Allan Poe

I thanked him, and, turning from the main road, we entered a grass-grown by-path, which, in half an hour, nearly lost itself in a dense forest, clothing the base of a mountain.
In this sentence from the second paragraph of the passage, the phrase clothing the base of the mountain is used

A)to suggest that the mountain forest is impenetrable.
B)to suggest that the trees looked like clothes on the mountain.
C)to provide directions for the path through the mountain forest.
D)to describe the way that the trees surrounded the base of the mountain.

the penalty for defying creon's decree is death, as can be seen in the tragedy. if you do obey him however, all is forgiven

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."

where is the writing? (so i can answer)

verdadero

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