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The American Crisis<span> is a pamphlet series by eighteenth century Enlightenment philosopher and author, </span>Thomas Paine<span>, originally published from 1776 to 1783 during the American Revolution. ... The pamphlets were contemporaneous with early parts of the American Revolution, during a time when colonists needed inspiring works.</span>
        
             
        
        
        
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The line “Well, we can’t let her in.” from the given excerpt is an example of quotation.
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- A quotation is extensively used to record what someone said in the exact same words so that the context of the meaning of what is said does not change.
- A quotation is indicated by double inverted commas on both the ends of the statement uttered and mentioned by someone else (here, the author).
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Noun ,pronoun,gerund or clause the "object" of the preposition.