Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... Italy , who was suffered to make his choice between Guicciardini and the gal- ley's . He chose the history . But the war of Pisa was too much for him . He changed his mind , and went to the oar . Guicciardini , though certainly not the ...
... Italy , who was suffered to make his choice between Guicciardini and the gal- ley's . He chose the history . But the war of Pisa was too much for him . He changed his mind , and went to the oar . Guicciardini , though certainly not the ...
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... Austrian and Prussian hussars to Paris . The Irish or Italian democrat saw no impropriety in serving the French Directory against his own native government . So , in the sixteenth century , the fury of 12 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
... Austrian and Prussian hussars to Paris . The Irish or Italian democrat saw no impropriety in serving the French Directory against his own native government . So , in the sixteenth century , the fury of 12 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
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... Italy , were as completely dependent on him as the Nizam and the Rajah of Berar now are on the East India Company . In Asia , the King of Spain was master of the Philippines and of all those rich settlements which the Portuguese had ...
... Italy , were as completely dependent on him as the Nizam and the Rajah of Berar now are on the East India Company . In Asia , the King of Spain was master of the Philippines and of all those rich settlements which the Portuguese had ...
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... dency which had been gained by unquestioned superi- ority in all the arts of policy and of war . In the sixteenth century , Italy was not more decidedly the land of the fine arts , Germany was not more THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 79.
... dency which had been gained by unquestioned superi- ority in all the arts of policy and of war . In the sixteenth century , Italy was not more decidedly the land of the fine arts , Germany was not more THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 79.
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... Italian what the Roman , in the days of the greatness of Rome , was to the Greek . The conqueror had less ingenuity , less taste , less delicacy of perception than the conquered ; but far more pride , firmness , and courage , a more ...
... Italian what the Roman , in the days of the greatness of Rome , was to the Greek . The conqueror had less ingenuity , less taste , less delicacy of perception than the conquered ; but far more pride , firmness , and courage , a more ...
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