Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent, 1919 |
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... feeling among the Italians of those times that we must seek for the real explana- tion of what seems most mysterious in the life and writings of this remarkable man . As this is a subject which suggests many interesting considerations ...
... feeling among the Italians of those times that we must seek for the real explana- tion of what seems most mysterious in the life and writings of this remarkable man . As this is a subject which suggests many interesting considerations ...
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... feeling some interest in its greatness . Its victories are their victories . Its defeats are their defeats . The contract loses something of its mercantile character . The services of the soldier are considered as the effects of ...
... feeling some interest in its greatness . Its victories are their victories . Its defeats are their defeats . The contract loses something of its mercantile character . The services of the soldier are considered as the effects of ...
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... feelings concurred to $ mitigate the hostility of those who had lately been brethren in arms , and who might soon be brethren in arms once more . Their common profession was a bond of union not to be for- gotten even when they were ...
... feelings concurred to $ mitigate the hostility of those who had lately been brethren in arms , and who might soon be brethren in arms once more . Their common profession was a bond of union not to be for- gotten even when they were ...
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... feeling ; it takes every character , and retains none ; its aspect is diversified , not by passions , but by faint and transitory semblances of passion , a mock joy , a mock fear , a mock love , a mock pride , which chase each other ...
... feeling ; it takes every character , and retains none ; its aspect is diversified , not by passions , but by faint and transitory semblances of passion , a mock joy , a mock fear , a mock love , a mock pride , which chase each other ...
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... feeling also might induce Machiavelli to look with some indulgence and regret on the memory of the only leader who could have defended the independence of Italy against the confederate = spoilers of Cambray . On this subject Machiavelli ...
... feeling also might induce Machiavelli to look with some indulgence and regret on the memory of the only leader who could have defended the independence of Italy against the confederate = spoilers of Cambray . On this subject Machiavelli ...
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