Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1961 |
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... respect they often remind us of the Discourses of Machiavelli . The style is sometimes open to the charge of harshness . We have also here and there remarked a little of that unpleasant trick , which Gibbon brought into fashion , the ...
... respect they often remind us of the Discourses of Machiavelli . The style is sometimes open to the charge of harshness . We have also here and there remarked a little of that unpleasant trick , which Gibbon brought into fashion , the ...
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... respect as the best constructed machinery that ever , in our time , impressed the clearest type on the finest paper . Sydenham first discovered that the cool regimen succeeded best in cases of small - pox . By this discovery he saved ...
... respect as the best constructed machinery that ever , in our time , impressed the clearest type on the finest paper . Sydenham first discovered that the cool regimen succeeded best in cases of small - pox . By this discovery he saved ...
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... respect to the temporal interest of in- dividuals ; but with respect to societies , the rule is subject to still fewer exceptions , and that for this reason , that the life of societies is longer than the life of individuals . It is ...
... respect to the temporal interest of in- dividuals ; but with respect to societies , the rule is subject to still fewer exceptions , and that for this reason , that the life of societies is longer than the life of individuals . It is ...
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