Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent, 1919 |
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... hand , when all the seven vials of the Apocalypse were to be poured forth and shaken out over those pleasant countries , a time of slaughter , famine , beggary , infamy , slavery , despair . In the Italian States , as in many natural ...
... hand , when all the seven vials of the Apocalypse were to be poured forth and shaken out over those pleasant countries , a time of slaughter , famine , beggary , infamy , slavery , despair . In the Italian States , as in many natural ...
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... the natural defence of weakness , fraud , and hypocrisy , have always been most disreputable . On the other hand , the excesses of haughty and daring spirits have been treated with indulgence , and even Machiavelli 13.
... the natural defence of weakness , fraud , and hypocrisy , have always been most disreputable . On the other hand , the excesses of haughty and daring spirits have been treated with indulgence , and even Machiavelli 13.
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... hand , was the model of Italian heroes . He made his employers and his rivals alike his tools . He first overpowered his open enemies by the help of faithless allies ; he then armed himself against his allies with the spoils taken from ...
... hand , was the model of Italian heroes . He made his employers and his rivals alike his tools . He first overpowered his open enemies by the help of faithless allies ; he then armed himself against his allies with the spoils taken from ...
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... hand , ennobled by public spirit and by an honourable ambition . A vice sanctioned by the general opinion is merely a vice . The evil terminates in itself . A vice condemned by the general opinion produces a pernicious effect on the ...
... hand , ennobled by public spirit and by an honourable ambition . A vice sanctioned by the general opinion is merely a vice . The evil terminates in itself . A vice condemned by the general opinion produces a pernicious effect on the ...
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... hand of the painter to forget its cunning . Yet a discerning eye might even then have seen that genius and learning would not long survive the state of things from which they had sprung , and that the great men whose talents gave lustre ...
... hand of the painter to forget its cunning . Yet a discerning eye might even then have seen that genius and learning would not long survive the state of things from which they had sprung , and that the great men whose talents gave lustre ...
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