Question

What type of evidence is used in this excerpt from "The Crisis, No.1" by Thomas Paine?

I once felt all that kind of anger, which a man ought to feel, against the mean principles that are held by the Tories: a noted one, who kept a tavern at Amboy, was standing at his door, with as pretty a child in his hand, about eight or nine years old, as I ever saw, and after speaking his mind as freely as he thought was prudent, finished with this unfatherly expression, "Well! give me peace in my day." Not a man lives on the continent but fully believes that a separation must some time or other finally take place, and a generous parent should have said, "If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace."

empirical evidence
emotional evidence
logical evidence
anecdotal evidence

Answer 1

Anecdotal evidence is the best answer.

Answer 2

The correct answer is anecdotal evidence.

An anecdotal evidence is an information or a conclusion that is based on anecdotes.

It is evidence based on the experiences or opinions of other people.

An anecdotal evidence is a short narrative about an interesting or funny event or occurrence.