Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1914 |
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... nature warlike , they had amongst them an ecclesiastical state , in its nature pacific . Where there are numerous slaves , every freeman is induced by the strongest motives to familiarise himself with the use of arms . The commonwealths ...
... nature warlike , they had amongst them an ecclesiastical state , in its nature pacific . Where there are numerous slaves , every freeman is induced by the strongest motives to familiarise himself with the use of arms . The commonwealths ...
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... nature . Such a prince as our Henry the Fifth would have been the idol of the North . The follies of his youth , the selfish ambition of his manhood , the Lollards roasted at slow fires , the prisoners massacred on the field of battle ...
... nature . Such a prince as our Henry the Fifth would have been the idol of the North . The follies of his youth , the selfish ambition of his manhood , the Lollards roasted at slow fires , the prisoners massacred on the field of battle ...
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... nature from what is essential and immutable . In this respect no history suggests more important reflections than that of the Tuscan and Lombard commonwealths . The character of the Italian statesman seems , at first sight , a ...
... nature from what is essential and immutable . In this respect no history suggests more important reflections than that of the Tuscan and Lombard commonwealths . The character of the Italian statesman seems , at first sight , a ...
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... nature . On the contrary , where no political object was at stake , his disposition was soft and humane . The ... natural and the moral sublime , for every graceful and every lofty conception . Habits of petty intrigue and dissimulation ...
... nature . On the contrary , where no political object was at stake , his disposition was soft and humane . The ... natural and the moral sublime , for every graceful and every lofty conception . Habits of petty intrigue and dissimulation ...
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... Nature . " This digression will enable our readers to understand what we mean when we say that in the Mandragola , Machiavelli has proved that he completely understood the nature of the dramatic art , and possessed talents which would ...
... Nature . " This digression will enable our readers to understand what we mean when we say that in the Mandragola , Machiavelli has proved that he completely understood the nature of the dramatic art , and possessed talents which would ...
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