Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent, 1919 |
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Page 13
... equally bloodless combats , make up the military history of Italy during the course of nearly two centuries . Mighty armies fight from sunrise to sunset . A great victory is won . Thousands of prisoners are taken ; and hardly a life is ...
... equally bloodless combats , make up the military history of Italy during the course of nearly two centuries . Mighty armies fight from sunrise to sunset . A great victory is won . Thousands of prisoners are taken ; and hardly a life is ...
Page 18
... equally skilled in detecting the purposes of others and in concealing their own , men who must have been formid- able enemies and unsafe allies , but men , at the same time , whose tempers were mild and equable , and who possessed an ...
... equally skilled in detecting the purposes of others and in concealing their own , men who must have been formid- able enemies and unsafe allies , but men , at the same time , whose tempers were mild and equable , and who possessed an ...
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... equally singular fortunes of a man who under such disadvantages had achieved such exploits ; who , when sensuality , varied through innumerable forms , could no longer stimulate his sated mind , found a more powerful and durable ...
... equally singular fortunes of a man who under such disadvantages had achieved such exploits ; who , when sensuality , varied through innumerable forms , could no longer stimulate his sated mind , found a more powerful and durable ...
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... equally indifferent to its welfare , and equally greedy for its spoils . Florence , as yet , had only to endure degradation and extortion , to submit to the mandates of foreign powers , to buy over and over again , at an enormous price ...
... equally indifferent to its welfare , and equally greedy for its spoils . Florence , as yet , had only to endure degradation and extortion , to submit to the mandates of foreign powers , to buy over and over again , at an enormous price ...
Page 30
... equally discernible in the Discourses , we have already given our opinion at length . We have attempted to show that it belonged rather to the age than to the man , that it was a partial taint , and by no means implied general depravity ...
... equally discernible in the Discourses , we have already given our opinion at length . We have attempted to show that it belonged rather to the age than to the man , that it was a partial taint , and by no means implied general depravity ...
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