This excerpt could be considered humorous because of the way in which the events are retell and because of the choice of words. their arrival is portrayed in such a way that the reader might think, it could have a deeper meaning. For example
"<span>It regarded us a while without curiosity but with caution, and after we were seen to be harmless" This might be understood as a fun way of expressing that people were all over them, to check who they were, they pay close attention to these "new people" until they were convinced they are fine. </span>
First off, they can get the colonists to fight as allies whenever the British are at war with another state. Aside from that, Britain also knows that America has resources that Britain can really make use of. This is why they protect the colonies because they have resources that they want to protect as well. These two reasons are the main reasons as to why Paine believes that Britain really would protect the colonies.
Because diamonds are not susceptible to the problem of rotting and decaying or breaking down, it is a harder and stronger stone that doesn't deal with these sort of things, hope this helps:)<span />
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I guess it's kinda a cheerful mood