Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent, 1919 |
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Page 10
... give to his frame both the active and the passive strength necessary to a soldier . Nor do they , at least in the infancy of agricultural science , demand his uninterrupted attention . At particular times of the year he is almost wholly ...
... give to his frame both the active and the passive strength necessary to a soldier . Nor do they , at least in the infancy of agricultural science , demand his uninterrupted attention . At particular times of the year he is almost wholly ...
Page 14
... gives orders for the murder of his lieutenant ; he ends by murdering himself . Yet he never loses the esteem and affection ... give an extraordinary interest to his character . Iago , on the contrary , is the object of universal loathing ...
... gives orders for the murder of his lieutenant ; he ends by murdering himself . Yet he never loses the esteem and affection ... give an extraordinary interest to his character . Iago , on the contrary , is the object of universal loathing ...
Page 29
... give an opinion : but we are certain that his book is most able and interesting . As a commentary on the history of his times , it is invaluable . The ingenuity , the grace , and the perspicuity of the style , and the eloquence and ...
... give an opinion : but we are certain that his book is most able and interesting . As a commentary on the history of his times , it is invaluable . The ingenuity , the grace , and the perspicuity of the style , and the eloquence and ...
Page 31
... give the highest and the most peculiar praise to the precepts of Machiavelli when we say that they may frequently be of real use in regulating conduct , not so much because they are more just or more profound I than those which might be ...
... give the highest and the most peculiar praise to the precepts of Machiavelli when we say that they may frequently be of real use in regulating conduct , not so much because they are more just or more profound I than those which might be ...
Page 44
... a Mussulman , except to give and receive blows on some Syrian field of battle . But the people of the rich countries which lay under the Pyrenees lived in habits of courteous and profitable intercourse with 44 Macaulay's Essays.
... a Mussulman , except to give and receive blows on some Syrian field of battle . But the people of the rich countries which lay under the Pyrenees lived in habits of courteous and profitable intercourse with 44 Macaulay's Essays.
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