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... court for the happiness of a people . Fortunately , John Villani has given us an ample and precise account of the state of Florence in the early part of the fourteenth century . The revenue of the Republic amounted to three hundred ...
... court for the happiness of a people . Fortunately , John Villani has given us an ample and precise account of the state of Florence in the early part of the fourteenth century . The revenue of the Republic amounted to three hundred ...
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... court of appeal which is never tired of eulogising its own justice and discernment , acts on such occasions like a Roman dictator after a general mutiny . Finding the delinquents too numerous to be all punished , it selects some of them ...
... court of appeal which is never tired of eulogising its own justice and discernment , acts on such occasions like a Roman dictator after a general mutiny . Finding the delinquents too numerous to be all punished , it selects some of them ...
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... those whom he represented , he was to plunge into all the intrigues of the Court at which he resided , to discover and flatter every weakness of the prince , and of the favourite 4 who governed the prince , and of the lacquey Machiavelli ...
... those whom he represented , he was to plunge into all the intrigues of the Court at which he resided , to discover and flatter every weakness of the prince , and of the favourite 4 who governed the prince , and of the lacquey Machiavelli ...
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... Court of Rome , and thrice at that of France . In these missions , and in several others of inferior importance , he acquitted himself with great dexterity . His despatches form one of the most amusing and instructive collections extant ...
... Court of Rome , and thrice at that of France . In these missions , and in several others of inferior importance , he acquitted himself with great dexterity . His despatches form one of the most amusing and instructive collections extant ...
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... court , were regarded both as a humiliating and as a ruinous tribute . The character of that court excited the scorn and disgust of a grave , earnest , sincere , and devout people . The new theology spread with a rapidity never known ...
... court , were regarded both as a humiliating and as a ruinous tribute . The character of that court excited the scorn and disgust of a grave , earnest , sincere , and devout people . The new theology spread with a rapidity never known ...
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