Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 77
Page 34
... Prince of Orange would ever have been invited over . Our ancestors , we suppose , knew their own meaning ; and , if we may believe them , their hostility was primarily not to popery , but to tyranny . They did not drive out a tyrant ...
... Prince of Orange would ever have been invited over . Our ancestors , we suppose , knew their own meaning ; and , if we may believe them , their hostility was primarily not to popery , but to tyranny . They did not drive out a tyrant ...
Page 37
... prince should again require a sup- ply , and again repay it with a perjury ? They were compelled to choose whether they would trust a tyrant or conquer him . We think that they chose wisely and nobly . The advocates of Charles , like ...
... prince should again require a sup- ply , and again repay it with a perjury ? They were compelled to choose whether they would trust a tyrant or conquer him . We think that they chose wisely and nobly . The advocates of Charles , like ...
Page 62
... Prince , there had never been a hypocrite , a tyrant , or a traitor , a simulated virtue , or a convenient crime . One writer gravely assures us that Maurice of Saxony learned all his fraudulent policy from that execrable volume . An ...
... Prince , there had never been a hypocrite , a tyrant , or a traitor , a simulated virtue , or a convenient crime . One writer gravely assures us that Maurice of Saxony learned all his fraudulent policy from that execrable volume . An ...
Page 64
... Prince itself . But the most decisive refutation is that which is furnished by the other works of Machiavelli . In all the writings which he gave to the public , and in all those which the research of editors has , in the course of ...
... Prince itself . But the most decisive refutation is that which is furnished by the other works of Machiavelli . In all the writings which he gave to the public , and in all those which the research of editors has , in the course of ...
Page 65
... Prince itself we could select many passages in support of this remark . To a reader of our age and country this inconsistency is , at first , perfectly bewildering . The whole man seems to be an enigma , a grotesque assemblage of ...
... Prince itself we could select many passages in support of this remark . To a reader of our age and country this inconsistency is , at first , perfectly bewildering . The whole man seems to be an enigma , a grotesque assemblage of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admiration appeared army authority Bacon believe better Catalonia Catholic century character Charles Church conduct constitution court Croker Crown death defend doctrines Elizabeth eminent enemies England English Essex Europe evil favour favourite feeling France French Hallam Hampden honour House of Bourbon House of Commons human intellect interest James Johnson judge King liberty lived Long Parliament Lord Lord Byron Lord Mahon Machiavelli manner means ment Milton mind minister moral nation nature never noble Novum Organum opinion opposition Parliament party persecuted person Petition of Right philosophy Pitt Plato poet poetry political Prince principles produced Protestant Puritans Queen racter reason reform reign religion respect Revolution Robert Montgomery scarcely seems Sir James Mackintosh Southey sovereign Spain spirit statesman Strafford strong talents temper thing thought tion took Tories truth Walpole Whigs whole writer