Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent, 1919 |
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Page 19
... line . To this fundamental law every other regulation is subordinate . The situations which most signally develop character form the best plot . The mother tongue of the passions is the best style . This principle rightly understood ...
... line . To this fundamental law every other regulation is subordinate . The situations which most signally develop character form the best plot . The mother tongue of the passions is the best style . This principle rightly understood ...
Page 29
... lines with the pike for the purpose of repulsing cavalry , and those in the rear with the sword , as being a weapon better adapted for every other purpose . Throughout the work , the author expresses the highest admir- ation of the ...
... lines with the pike for the purpose of repulsing cavalry , and those in the rear with the sword , as being a weapon better adapted for every other purpose . Throughout the work , the author expresses the highest admir- ation of the ...
Page 36
... lines are neglected ; but the great characteristic features are imprinted on the mind for ever . The History terminates with the death of Lorenzo de ' Medici . Machiavelli had , it seems , intended to continue his narrative to a later ...
... lines are neglected ; but the great characteristic features are imprinted on the mind for ever . The History terminates with the death of Lorenzo de ' Medici . Machiavelli had , it seems , intended to continue his narrative to a later ...
Page 38
... line of the Supreme Pontiffs . That line we trace back in an unbroken series , from the Pope who crowned Napoleon in the nineteenth century to the Pope who crowned 38 MONTGOMERY INDEX.
... line of the Supreme Pontiffs . That line we trace back in an unbroken series , from the Pope who crowned Napoleon in the nineteenth century to the Pope who crowned 38 MONTGOMERY INDEX.
Page 46
... line of German Cæsars , had in vain exhausted all the resources of military and political skill in the attempt to defend the rights of the civil power against the encroachments of the Church . The vengeance of the priesthood had pursued ...
... line of German Cæsars , had in vain exhausted all the resources of military and political skill in the attempt to defend the rights of the civil power against the encroachments of the Church . The vengeance of the priesthood had pursued ...
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