Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1914 |
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... less discernible . We doubt whether it would be possible to find , in all the many volumes of his compositions , a single expression indicating that dis- simulation and treachery had ever struck him as discreditable . After this , it ...
... less discernible . We doubt whether it would be possible to find , in all the many volumes of his compositions , a single expression indicating that dis- simulation and treachery had ever struck him as discreditable . After this , it ...
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... less dangerous than an ordinary civil tumult . A Courage was now no longer necessary even to the military character . Men grew old in camps , and acquired the highest renown by their warlike achievements , without being once required to ...
... less dangerous than an ordinary civil tumult . A Courage was now no longer necessary even to the military character . Men grew old in camps , and acquired the highest renown by their warlike achievements , without being once required to ...
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... less com- prehensive ; but it had served to correct his speculations and to impart to them that vivid and practical character which so widely distinguishes them from the vague theories of most political philosophers . Every man who has ...
... less com- prehensive ; but it had served to correct his speculations and to impart to them that vivid and practical character which so widely distinguishes them from the vague theories of most political philosophers . Every man who has ...
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... less prosperous communities trembled ; to men who , in case of a change in the public fortunes , would , at least , be deprived of every comfort and every distinction which they enjoyed . To be butchered on the smoking ruins of their ...
... less prosperous communities trembled ; to men who , in case of a change in the public fortunes , would , at least , be deprived of every comfort and every distinction which they enjoyed . To be butchered on the smoking ruins of their ...
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... less vigorous and daring character of the Italians . The Italians , like the Greeks , were members of small communities . Every man was deeply interested in the welfare of the society to which he belonged , a partaker in its wealth and ...
... less vigorous and daring character of the Italians . The Italians , like the Greeks , were members of small communities . Every man was deeply interested in the welfare of the society to which he belonged , a partaker in its wealth and ...
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